Cumbrian Mountain Express - October 16th/23rd

Thanks for the comprehensive reply.

 

And wasn't that in Torrential Rain?

 

Thanks for that Ralph. The weather conditions were just as bad on the S & C that day. Shows what a Jubilee is capable of. A couple of years before this run Leander was at the Bluebell and it was not steaming well.
It is early days for Galatea and I look forward to her performing as well as Leander

 

Albert Seymour described that as his best ever run with steam in a recent interview and it is certainly mine, 5690 still holds my steam speed record! She was late leaving Crewe and soon set her intentions with running into the 80's before Warrington. After a blistering climb of Shap (the weather was horrendous as you can see from the videos!) the run down to Carlisle was just incredible and I think we were over half an hour early! I recorded a peak of 86.2mph just south of Penrith and I believe Bob Meanley later said it matched the old Caledonian timings, which would of had a Duchess or similar and a lighter load.. The return was just as lively, I remember much breaking on the run though the Lune Gorge and Oxenholme to keep her around the 80 mark! I doubt I will travel on another railtour quite like that one now, with all the black box recorders and closer monitoring, but it was a nice glimpse of what express steam used to be like and just what Jubilees are capable of.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/5944/10559257746/

Slightly late, but a shot of 46115 at Kirkby Stephen on 16th October.

 

Hello All,

A collection of twenty-nine photographs I took when I was on this tour on Wednesday 16th.October has now been added to my Rail Traction Photos website. If you wish to view them and hopefully, enjoy. The link is here;

http://railtractionphotosbyrichards...ntain-express-wednesday-16thoctober-2013.html

Here is a image from the collection;