Yesterday (Sunday) late afternoon the phone rang. It was the ever watchful Ken Shingleton in south Wales. "If you get out to the station in ten minutes you might see a first for the S&C". Ken Harper in Lancashire explains:
After discussions a couple of months ago about the re-instatement of the night shift at the north end of the S&C one of the reasons for it occurred on Friday night. 6M66 20.34 Doncaster - Carlisle Yard ran passing Settle Jn. at 23.23 and Petteril Bridge Jn. at 01.23. The train then continued forward as 6S68 04.45 Carlisle Yard - Prestwick (Airport) via the GSW after leaving half its load of aviation fuel in tankers in the Yard. The discharged tanks returned as 6M69 14.48 Prestwick - Carlisle Yard and the remainder of the loaded tanks ran as 6S69 18.48 Carlisle Yard - Prestwick yesterday (Sat.).
The discharged tanks seem to return south today (Sun.) as 6O68 12.00 Prestwick - Grain Oil Terminal (Kent) attaching the first half at Carlisle Yard and routed via the S&C, PBJ 17.11 and SJ at 18.50, then Blackburn and the WCML as the WCML north of Oxenholme is under engineers possession.
The sun shone on my efforts:
Great to see an entire freight train without a hint of graffiti and with drivers wearing ties!
Never a dull moment here in sleepy old Settle.
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