A portrait of a Meridian in full flight! After passing Bedford 222019 is building up to line speed for the climb of Sharnbrook bank, a five-mile climb with lengthy gradients of around 1:120. Modern diesel units have no real problems with this accent but in steam days crews had to work their locomotives hard to keep up to speed. The meridian is working the 12.30 St. Pancras to Nottingham EMR service.
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