Virtual Steam Trains Daily

Photographer Mike Farrington has, throughout this wretched lockdown, been posting videos and stills of mainly steam trains on the S&C from years past.  So far he has not as far as I can tell repeated himself.

Today's video was special - Flying Scotsman hauling The Waverley to Carlisle and back on 9th July 2017.  The video captures Flying Scotsman coming south from when it comes into sight near Langcliffe until it disappears from view round the bend into Anley cutting.   This prompted me to look back on this Blog to 9th July 2017 and sure enough there is a fine portrait of Flying Scotsman passing through Settle station northbound at full power:

The picture is from that day's Blog entry where I went on to say that I had missed the return journey through Settle as I was watching the Austrian Grand Prix on TV.

That defect has been well and truly remedied by Mike Farrington's today video which not only shows Scotsman at full belt I was able to freeze the action at just the right moment when the World's most famous locomotive fleetingly frames the water tower!

Somewhere in there is a sad bloke watching the Austrian Grand Prix . . .

Some you win.