Fellsman 2024

My video of yesterday's effort, Lunds and Ais Gill.

 

It was certainly a day of contrasts.

 

60007 at Helwith Bridge, Angrholm Aisgill summit.

 

60007 seen at Helwith Bridge, Angrholm and Aisgill Summit Bridge.

 

Garsdale ledge northbound...


Sir Nigel Gresley in Garsdale

 

Of note regarding today's Fellsman, I noticed a post on Facebook about a group of mourners at Low Baron Wood overbridge (Armathwaite curve) for the return working. They were there in memory of Bridget Boissier who passed away on the 18th August. According to the post, she was granddaughter of Sir Nigel Gresley and lived at Low Baron Wood.

I live locally and have been visiting Armathwaite curve regularly over the past twenty five years and was never aware of this. Occasionally while I awaited the days steam, an old lady would drive down to the farm and would ask "what's coming?". I imagine it was Bridget. An incredible revelation.

Here's a link to the Facebook post;
https://www.facebook.com/groups/793...cently_seen&multi_permalinks=1836504090171740

 

This has appeared in the loop at Kirkby Stephen so any ideas why anyone ?

 

Probably removed from a train after running a hotbox or other fault

 

A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley works onto Whalley Arches with the returning Fellsman of 28/8/2024

David Price
Cop Lane on Flickr

 

Very nice David proving once again that its more fun in the son!

 

Thanks Henry,not very much of it around and very lucky here,a very heavy downpour not long before

 

Fabulous light, David!

 

Thanks David,great clarity to the light after a real deluge in the Ribble Valley

 

A couple of clips of No.7 approaching Rise Hill Tunnel on Wednesday with 'The Fellsman'.

Video Available Here

 

Just a couple of phone pics taken whilst 60007 was waiting for the green at the north end of platform 2 at Preston before heading off to Blackpool.



8.10 pm with the platform canopy lights reflecting in paintwork still gleaming even after 300+miles of hard work, rain and smoke filled tunnels



Looks powerful even when stopped

Finally, the afternoon "Snack Box", the name of the producer perhaps reflecting the ambition of LSL's owner rather than a mere coincidence

 

And that seems an appropriate fit

 

Streaking Through Time
A view of A4 'Streak' locomotive 60007 near Weeton with 'The Fellsman' of 28 August 2024, from Blackpool North to Carlisle.
The image includes the following elements (working from the furthest away to the nearest).
1.The Big One Ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach opened in 1994 and at the time the tallest, steepest and fastest steel rollercoaster in the world
2.Little Marton Windmill-completed in 1838 and operational until 1928
3.A4 locomotive 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' completed in 1937
4.British Rail Mark 1 carriages built between 1951 and 1974
5.A field of wheat grown in 2024!

 

With a couple of hours free I took a look at the GPS data for 3 of the climbs on Wednesday's Fellsman.

The Settle & Carlisle Fellsman (28 Aug 2024) 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley + 12 + D1935

60007, with no help from the diesel, hauled a very heavy train up some challenging climbs. From GPS data the edhp, the “pull” at wheels and the pull at the drawbar have been calculated. These are average values sustained for the duration of the climb and not “spot figures calculated from the speed at the summit of a climb” (often misleading).

Settle Jn to MP245

EDHP = 1475 at an average speed of 35.5mph was sustained for 17m 44s
Pull at wheels 6.97 tons, drawbar pull 5.45 tons

(MP245 is between Selside and the B6479 overbridge and is before the loco was eased for the speed restriction at Ribblehead).

MP275 to MP259.75 (Aisgill Summit Board)

EDHP = 1425 at an average speed of 36.7mph was sustained for 24m 57s
Pull at wheels 6.51 tons, drawbar pull 5.13 tons

Whalley (MP17.75) to Ramsgreave & Wilpshire (MP13.25)

EDHP = 1175 at an average speed of 19.0 mph was sustained for 14m 13s
Pull at wheels 10.36 tons, drawbar pull 8.30 tons

Diego returned from holiday on Monday and is slowly settling down into his old routine, eat-sleep-repeat.

 

I've attached a couple of further shots of the above which may be of some interest, as follows:

(1)
With smoke still drifting out of Blea Moor tunnel and Dent Head viaduct in the background, 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' passes through Dent.

(2)
With the light fading fast, the power of A4 Pacific 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' is evident, as she streaks through the twilight at Salwick with the return working.