In TRACTION 267 Gavin Morrison presented some of his photographs taken in pre-electrification days on the northern approach to Shap from Carlisle. This time he heads south from the summit towards Lancaster.
No. D311 is passing Shap summit at the head of a southbound express on Saturday 24th August 1963 and is about to begin the descent to Tebay.
Seen from the hillside just south of the summit No. D422 heads 1M26, a Perth to Birmingham train, on Saturday 7th March 1970 .
Brush Type 4 No. 1698 has just begun the climb to Shap as it passes Scotchman’s Bridge at Greenholme on Saturday 4th September 1971 with 1S58, a relief summer Saturday Euston to Glasgow train that followed the northbound ‘Royal Scot’. Tebay is just out of sight in the left distance. No.1698 was allocated to the Birmingham Division (D02) Saltley depot at this time.
On Saturday 18th November 1967 Brush Type 4 No. D1856 hurries 1M20, the southbound ‘Royal Scot’, down from Shap Summit. The train is photographed from Scotchman’s Bridge at Greenholme just north of Tebay.
No. 50010 drifts downhill with a short train of Shell Star fertiliser pallet vans bound for Ince and Elton. The headcode 6M12 suggests that it is from one of the Scottish terminals that were served, possibly in view of the short train length from Lugton. The train is photographed from Scotchman’s Bridge at Greenholme. The date is Saturday 20th July 1974 and as can be seen the line has now been electrified with electric services to Glasgow having started in May of that year.
In the days before the M6 was built No. D267 hurries through the Lune Gorge at the head of a London Euston to Carlisle express on Saturday 18th August 1962. This train was combined with the Barrow-in-Furness portion of the train as far as Lancaster.
(ABOVE) Sulzer Type 2 No. D7635 passes over Dillicar water troughs with 5M27, the Larbert to Wallerscote empty soda ash train on Saturday 18th November 1967. As can be seen the troughs are still in use and it is likely that the photographer was here to photograph the few remaining steam hauled freight trains on the West Coast Main Line with Carlisle Kingmoor steam shed closing at the end of the year. Fortunately, he
