Runaround
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, Lake District
A short mid-week break up in the lakes at Grasmere and Lakeside and a trip on a line I haven’t been on before. Not something to be missed when the line passes behind our hotel - The Swan Hotel at Newby Bridge.
As with many branch lines, there isn’t the benefit of turntables to turn locomotives around for the return journey. Most have a head shunt and passing loop to run the loco around the coaches/wagons. In the case of the L&H Railway this facility is hidden in a tunnel.
Here, I’ve captured 2682 ‘Princess’ emerging from the tunnel for the return leg up to Lakeside.
Runaround
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, Lake District
A short mid-week break up in the lakes at Grasmere and Lakeside and a trip on a line I haven’t been on before. Not something to be missed when the line passes behind our hotel - The Swan Hotel at Newby Bridge.
As with many branch lines, there isn’t the benefit of turntables to turn locomotives around for the return journey. Most have a head shunt and passing loop to run the loco around the coaches/wagons. In the case of the L&H Railway this facility is hidden in a tunnel.
Here, I’ve captured 2682 ‘Princess’ emerging from the tunnel for the return leg up to Lakeside.