Stepping Up to the (Foot) Plate
Locomotive Services Limited's LMS Stanier Class 5MT 45231 "The Sherwood Forester" steams through Hartford with Saphos Trains' "The Lakelander". The return leg was running as 1Z62 15:30 Carlisle to Crewe.
With Britannia and Royal Scot both having suffered issues over the previous 10 days, the more diminutive Class 5 stepped up to the plate to haul the tour and completed its duties admirably (with the odd bit of assistance from the 47 on the rear for the steeper climbs).
Stepping Up to the (Foot) Plate
Locomotive Services Limited's LMS Stanier Class 5MT 45231 "The Sherwood Forester" steams through Hartford with Saphos Trains' "The Lakelander". The return leg was running as 1Z62 15:30 Carlisle to Crewe.
With Britannia and Royal Scot both having suffered issues over the previous 10 days, the more diminutive Class 5 stepped up to the plate to haul the tour and completed its duties admirably (with the odd bit of assistance from the 47 on the rear for the steeper climbs).