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EWS 60026 Approaches Ais Gill Summit

The wintry lower slopes of Wild Boar Fell provide the back drop as EWS liveried 60026 is captured approaching the summit with a southbound gypsum working.

 

This shot was taken from the site of the Ais Gil signal box which was closed on 28 January 1981. The 3 arch bridge that the train is about to cross under is known as Ais Gill and classified by the Midland as Bridge 132 and it actually forms part of the border between Yorkshire and Westmorland,

 

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Uploaded on June 8, 2024
Taken on December 18, 2003