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70013 SETTLE JUNCTION IT57

BR Std ' Britannia' 4-6-2 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' accelerates hard on the final 1/2 mile of level track past Settle Junction signal box, before the start of the 1 in 100 'Long Drag', hauling the Manchester (Longsight) - Carlisle leg of the 1T57 'Fifteen Guinea Special' - re-enacting exactly the final BR steam hauled special of 11th August 1968, when 70013 was the locomotive used fior this section.

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Uploaded on May 23, 2014
Taken on August 11, 2013