With the bulk of Wild Boar Fell in the background SR 850 'Lord Nelson' approaches Ais Gill leading the outward leg of The Cumbrian Mountain Express from Carlisle to Skipton. After battling the eighteen miles or so of almost continuous 1:100 from Appleby 850 is still going well as it approaches the summit at nearly one thousand one hundred and sixty-nine feet making its the highest point on the S & C. It is not evident in this photograph but there were hundreds of photographers in an ark either side of me at this popular spot many of whom dashed to their cars after the train had passed with the same idea as us, to get ahead of the train again as it had a water stop at Garsdale station!
There is an audio recording of this event on my youtube channel, see...
https://youtu.be/0CmKCG9W2J0