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![1000, 5690 Huby](1000_5690_Huby_20_10_79sm.jpg) |
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MR No 1000 and LMS 5690 "Leander"
double head a train near Huby, 20 Oct 1979
The Midland Compound and
Jubilee on a special, seen between Leeds and
Harrogate. |
![34092 Flaxton](34092_Flaxton_10_8_82sm.jpg) |
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"City of Wells" 34092 near Flaxton
with a "Scarborough Spa Express". 10
Aug 1982
Some attractive woodland and
common land stretches lie on the first few miles
out of York. The "SSE"s were popular in
the 80s |
![4472 Clapham](4472_Clapham_25_2_84sm.jpg) |
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4472 "Flying Scotsman" pulls away
from Clapham with the southern leg of a "Cumbrian
Mountain Express". 25 Feb 1984
The train would run to
Hellifield, where a loco change and reversal
precede a trip over the Settle and Carlisle |
![44767 near Clapham](44767_Clapham_17_11_84sm.jpg) |
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44767 "George Stephenson" darkens
the sky on the approach to Clapham with a "Cumbrian
Mountain Express". 17 Nov 1984
The weather was not co-operative
on this occasion... |
![46229 Kirkby Stephen](46229_KStephen_7_1_84sm.jpg) |
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46229 catches the last of the day's sunshine
on a southbound "Cumbrian Mountain Express"
at Kirkby Stephen. 7 Jan 1984
....but we succeeded on this
one |
![47383 Arley](47383_Arley_4_90sm.jpg) |
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Ex-LMS "Jinty" 47383 drifts across
the Victoria Bridge on the Severn Valley Railway
Taken against the light,
trying something s little different |
![6201 Bayston Hill](6201_Bayston_Hill_20_3_82sm.jpg) |
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6201 "Princess Elizabeth" heads a
southbound "Welsh Marches Express" past
Bayston Hill. 20 March 1982
just starting to get to grips
with the long pull up to Church Stretton |
![40 015 Baron Wood](40015_BaronWood_24_4_84sm.jpg) |
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40 015 heads north near Baron Wood with the
stock of a Cumbrian Mountain Express. 24 April
1984
Sometimes it was worth
snapping the diesel-hauled leg of the trip.
Despite the snow on Cross Fell, when the steamer
passed, the air was too warm, and no steam was
visible |
![104 Miles Platting](104_MilesPlatting_15_8_84sm.jpg) |
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A class 104 DMU pauses at Miles Platting. 15
Aug 1984
The station and ancient DMU
have long since passed into history... |