Cumbrian Winter Saturday

I drove over the Pennines on Saturday to grab action shots of the restored Class A4 express steam loco Union of South Africa in action on a heavy charter train - Cumbrian Mountain Express - on the West Coast and Settle and Carlisle railways. It was very cold and the light was low. ISO on my K5 was between 1000 and 2000 all day. Got the train going north to Carlisle in the morning at Oxenholme and shots of it returning south in the Eden Valley in the afternoon.

#1 Speeding through Oxenholme in heavy rain


#2 Coffee queue Oxenholme station




#3 Break for coffee and bacon sarnie in the historic Cross Keys Inn



#4 Speeding south in the Eden Valley near Langwathby




#5 Powering up the long climb through Kirkby Stephen to Ais Gill summit.



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Nice shots

Did you keep running ahead

Lovely shots, must remember to look out for these specials when I'm hme.

Cracking set David. I must do a steam train sometime.