These two cropped up on Facebook. One is of our lovely (110 years) old Ford Model T Gladys, handsomely parked outside Singleton church, Lancashire. The other is a splendid shot Settle station with water tower background and the vegetable oil fuelled diesel locomotive Climate Hero on the up line.
Yesterday (5th July 2024), DB Cargo UK's 66004 made a 'light loco'
return run between the company's base at Knottingley Traction
Maintenance Depot (West Yorkshire) and the British Gypsum works at New Biggin (Westmorland & Furness). The loco was sporting a bright green livery (with "I'm a climate hero" written on the sides) and carrying a "Martin House" headboard on the front. On the return leg, the loco stopped briefly at Settle station (which I wasn't expecting). Someone climbed-down from the cab, crossed the line via the footbridge, took a few photos, returned to the cab, then the loco continued its journey. I later found-out that the person taking the photos had won a cab-ride as a prize in a recent rail industry fund-raiser (in aid of the Martin House Children’s Hospice charity) and he wanted a few photos as a memento of his once-in-a-lifetime trip along the S&C. I can't blame him for that, but it meant I didn't get the video clip I'd planned. Instead, I got some attractive photos and an interesting story, which I thought I'd share.
(Photographs and text courtesy of Mark Harvey)
return run between the company's base at Knottingley Traction
Maintenance Depot (West Yorkshire) and the British Gypsum works at New Biggin (Westmorland & Furness). The loco was sporting a bright green livery (with "I'm a climate hero" written on the sides) and carrying a "Martin House" headboard on the front. On the return leg, the loco stopped briefly at Settle station (which I wasn't expecting). Someone climbed-down from the cab, crossed the line via the footbridge, took a few photos, returned to the cab, then the loco continued its journey. I later found-out that the person taking the photos had won a cab-ride as a prize in a recent rail industry fund-raiser (in aid of the Martin House Children’s Hospice charity) and he wanted a few photos as a memento of his once-in-a-lifetime trip along the S&C. I can't blame him for that, but it meant I didn't get the video clip I'd planned. Instead, I got some attractive photos and an interesting story, which I thought I'd share.
(Photographs and text courtesy of Mark Harvey)
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