Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Steam train at dusk This train being pulled by two steam locomotives at the front was due along the railway near me so I went to have a look. It was the return leg of the last of WCRC's 'Waverley' trains of the year heading back to York from Carlisle via the scenic Settle to Carlisle line. Unfortunately sunset is getting earlier at this time of year and I chose to wait by a foot crossing in the woods. This meant that by the time the train passed at just after 8pm at a fair speed I could just about make out two hulking dark shapes shoot past with their cabs lit up with an orange glow from their fires and the old carriages behind lit with table lamps. The photo I took is more of a 'atmospheric piece', with the fireglow lighting up nearby trees and the track just visible. You can see to the far left out of the woods it wasn't as dark 🤔 I believe this locomotive is 35018 "British India Line" 35018 British India Line built in 1945 for the Southern Region (Merchant Navy class). British Railways removed the smoothing panels on the sides - as you can tell from this photo 😉 The front locomotive was 46115 "Scots Guardsman", but they could have been the other way around. #steamtrain #dusk #railway #woods #railwaytrack #britishindialine #thewaverley A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Sep 11, 2019 at 3:19am PDT
Steam train at dusk This train being pulled by two steam locomotives at the front was due along the railway near me so I went to have a look. It was the return leg of the last of WCRC's 'Waverley' trains of the year heading back to York from Carlisle via the scenic Settle to Carlisle line. Unfortunately sunset is getting earlier at this time of year and I chose to wait by a foot crossing in the woods. This meant that by the time the train passed at just after 8pm at a fair speed I could just about make out two hulking dark shapes shoot past with their cabs lit up with an orange glow from their fires and the old carriages behind lit with table lamps. The photo I took is more of a 'atmospheric piece', with the fireglow lighting up nearby trees and the track just visible. You can see to the far left out of the woods it wasn't as dark 🤔 I believe this locomotive is 35018 "British India Line" 35018 British India Line built in 1945 for the Southern Region (Merchant Navy class). British Railways removed the smoothing panels on the sides - as you can tell from this photo 😉 The front locomotive was 46115 "Scots Guardsman", but they could have been the other way around. #steamtrain #dusk #railway #woods #railwaytrack #britishindialine #thewaverley
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Sep 11, 2019 at 3:19am PDT
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