Скачать или смотреть 44871 & 45407 Raise The Echoes on the Highland Mainline - The Great Britain VI

The Railway Touring Company's ever more ambitious Great Britain railtour saw the splitting of trains for 3 of the days, providing the rare spectacle of two steam specials running at once in Scotland. The penultimate day of the "Great Britain VI" saw the two halves of the train reunited at Edinburgh Waverly.

In charge of the portion from Fort William to Edinburgh via the West Highland Mainline was unique LNER K4 number 61994 "The Great Marquess". The K4 is seen at the Monessie Gorge tackling the climb to Tulloch. I didn't even attempt a pan/zoom here due to the sheer number of people packed into the small embankment!

Now onto the main show; the other half of the train was scheduled to be hauled by Britannia class number 70013 "Oliver Cromwell", But due to on-going winter maintenance, black V's numbers 44871 and 45407 "The Lancashire Fusilier" stepped into the breach. The fives would take their train from Inverness to Edinburgh via the Highland Mainline involving the climbs of Drumochter and Slochd. 44871 and 45407 are seen crossing Culloden Viaduct on the assault of Slochd, near Dalwhinnie climbing to Drumochter Summit (apologies about the wind), after Pitlochry climbing Dunkeld Bank, climbing away from Blackford level crossing and Park farm in some atmospheric light.

The obvious question is when was there last two steam locomotives on separate workings in Edinburgh Waverly on the same day?!

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