Breaking the spell
An out-take from a trip up to the Peak District almost a couple of years back catches a First Trans-Pennine class 185 approaching Edale Signal Box with the 15.55 Manchester Airport - Cleethorpes (1B84). Anybody returning from an exotic Christmas holiday in the sun must have had a shock to the system arriving back to the snow-bound north!
The moody mass of the area known as the Black Peak looms in the misty backdrop, and Cowburn Tunnel, just visible in the distance, burrows 2 miles through Brown Knoll, the 1867 feet high mound which links Mam Tor ridge to Kinder Scout.
The shot was taken late evening before the last rays of the sun expired for another day behind the hilltops. If the signalman was playing his cards right, he'd be sat in an armchair by the window basking in them from the warmth of the cabin - it would sure beat being outside in the freezing temperatures.
29th December 2014
Breaking the spell
An out-take from a trip up to the Peak District almost a couple of years back catches a First Trans-Pennine class 185 approaching Edale Signal Box with the 15.55 Manchester Airport - Cleethorpes (1B84). Anybody returning from an exotic Christmas holiday in the sun must have had a shock to the system arriving back to the snow-bound north!
The moody mass of the area known as the Black Peak looms in the misty backdrop, and Cowburn Tunnel, just visible in the distance, burrows 2 miles through Brown Knoll, the 1867 feet high mound which links Mam Tor ridge to Kinder Scout.
The shot was taken late evening before the last rays of the sun expired for another day behind the hilltops. If the signalman was playing his cards right, he'd be sat in an armchair by the window basking in them from the warmth of the cabin - it would sure beat being outside in the freezing temperatures.
29th December 2014