Cumbrian passage
Couldn't resist this traditional three-quarters view of Stadler-built DRS class 88 no. 88001 'Revolution' coasting down the bank into Carlisle station hauling the 6.23am Daventry - Mossend Euroterminal (4S43), aka the Tesco container train.
Little artistic merit to this one, but I did like the drama of it snaking down the bank, and it also happens to be a shot I've hankered after for a while.
No doubting the class 88s are mean machines, and I still find it impressive that a Bo-Bo wheel configuration can reliably transmit 5400 bhp to rail on the challenging gradients, and often inclement weather conditions, of upland Britain.
With some supermarkets sporting less than full shelves of some food-types at the moment, let's hope this train's carrying plenty of a commodity that's arguably even more critical - toilet rolls.
10.53am, 11th October 2021
Cumbrian passage
Couldn't resist this traditional three-quarters view of Stadler-built DRS class 88 no. 88001 'Revolution' coasting down the bank into Carlisle station hauling the 6.23am Daventry - Mossend Euroterminal (4S43), aka the Tesco container train.
Little artistic merit to this one, but I did like the drama of it snaking down the bank, and it also happens to be a shot I've hankered after for a while.
No doubting the class 88s are mean machines, and I still find it impressive that a Bo-Bo wheel configuration can reliably transmit 5400 bhp to rail on the challenging gradients, and often inclement weather conditions, of upland Britain.
With some supermarkets sporting less than full shelves of some food-types at the moment, let's hope this train's carrying plenty of a commodity that's arguably even more critical - toilet rolls.
10.53am, 11th October 2021