Miscellaneous Railway 2012

20308 and 20309 approaching Carlisle on Saturday 7th July 2012 with a Stratford-upon-Avon to Carlisle charter.

20308 and 20309 approaching Carlisle on Saturday 7th July 2012 with a Stratford-upon-Avon to Carlisle charter.

20309 and 20308 passing Wigton on the return Carlisle to Stratford-upon-Avon charter on 7th July 2012.

48151 heading out of Carlisle on the Settle & Carlisle on 11th July 2012 with The Fellsman excursion.

48151 heading out of Carlisle on the Settle & Carlisle on 11th July 2012 with The Fellsman excursion.

A closer view of 8F 48151 as seen from Eastern Way in Carlisle, 11th July 2012.

On 18th July 2012 I went out to Cumwhinton to photograph 48151 on The Fellsman. And the heavens opened. I always take a shot of the train passing Cumwhinton station to get a feel for the conditions. This is that shot, demonstrating clearly how bad the conditions were.

48151 appproaching the foot crossing where I was stood. This is not a horribly grainy photograph, it is raining very heavily. All these shots were taken one handed, the other hand holding an umbrella over the camera..

A closer view of 48151, showing the rain very clearly.

48151 passing the foot crossing just south of Cumwhinton Station on 18th July 2012.

Something of a surprise was the second coach behind the loco. Hopefully someone can enlighten me as to what it actually is.

48151 heads away from the camera, with rainwater pouring off the ends of the gutters on the coaching stock.

66547 on an up coal train at Cumwhinton on 15th August 2012.

My favoured location at Cumwhinton is not great for down trains. I managed to get this shot of 66047 on a down coal traIn on 15th August 2012. I was surprised, as it was dark and raining and the train was travelling at a fair speed.

The regular Wednesday "Fellsman" was the reason for my trip to Cumwhinton. As on my previous visit, it started raining before the train appeared, albeit a lot less heavy than my last visit. Motive power was 61994, pleasing as I had missed two opportunities to see it in previous weeks.

A closer view of 61994 at Cumwhinton on 15th August 2012. This location is quite dark, and with the rain falling and the loco being in black this is a rather dark photo.

There was a diesel loco on the rear of the train this time: WCRC 47760.

A very grainy shot of 60015 in the late evening of 16th August 2012 as it headed an engineering train up the Tyne Valley

An even lousier shot: 60054 was on the other end of the engineering train and sounded like it was doing most of the work.

66095 heading down from Carlisle Station towards London Road Junction with an engineering train on 18th August 2012

66138 was on the other end of the engineering train, 18th August 2012.

158910 leading a four-coach train from Leeds at London Road Junction in Carlisle on 18th August 2012.

A bit of a bonus. Having decided not to go out filming the steam hauled railtour to Carlisle on 18th August as we were expecting 46233 "Duchess of Sutherland" it was pleasing to be told that the motive power was actually 60009 "Union of South Africa". Here the loco is seen propelling the support coach from London Road Junction towards Petteril Bridge Junction.

Heading away from Carlisle to Newcastle on 18th August 2012 is 142018.

43054 leading an East MIdland Trains HST set towards Carlisle on 18th August, the train being a railtour from London St Pancras to Carlisle and return.

A view of the whole HST set at London Road Junction, 18th August 2012

The rear power car of the HST set was 43073, seen here on the Up & Down Newcastle line just outside Carlisle Station.

Another view of the EMT HST as it nears Carlisle Station, with the stock from the steam-hauled charter alongside.

156432 approaching Brampton Station with a Newcastle to Glasgow service on 18th August 2012

Scotrail 156436 passing Brampton with a Glasgow to Newcastle train on the afternoon of 18th August 2012

The Carlisle to London journey for the HST railtour was via the Tyne Valley line: 43073 is seen at the head of the train as it passes Brampton, 18th August

As Union of South Africa was working the steam railtour we decided to film it heading southbound on the West Coast Mainline. 60009 is seen here at Plumpton, just north of Penrith.

Another shot of 60009 Union of South Africa near Plumpton on 18th August 2012.

And a final view of 60009 near Plumpton, 18th August 2012.

Colas Rail 66849 hiding in the undergrowth at the north end of Carlisle Station on 20th August 2012

Black 5 45305 was the motive power for the Crewe to Carlisle "Mersey Moorlander" railtour on 20th August. 45305 is seen just after departure from Carlisle on the return leg.

Another view of 45305 at the head of the Mersey Moorlander about to pass under St Nicholas' Bridge in Carlisle on 20th August.

61994 seen passing the former Cumwhinton Station whilst working the southbound Fellsman on 29th August 2012.

44932 just south of Appleby Station on the southbound "Waverley" on Sunday 2nd September

A closer view of 44932 as "The Waverley" heads south from Appleby on 2nd September 2012.

37608 and 37605 with 3S77 rail head treatment train on Wetheral VIaduct on 22nd October 2012.

37608 heading 3S77 through Wetheral Station on 22nd October 2012.

37605 bringing up the rear of 3S77 on 22nd OCtober.

60009 was working "The Hadrian" railtour on 27th October. The train is seen here approaching Corby Gates on the Tyne Valley line.

Another view of 60009 near Corby Gates. This is quite a good location with the early warning semaphore signal!

A rather unclean 156 451 approaching Corby Gates on the afternoon on 27th October 2012.

A rather cleaner Scotrail unit, 156 503 at the same location on 27th October 2012.