Railway Images

Here are some random images taken recently at different locations on the railway, beginning with the Class 42, Nº  842, 'Royal Naval Reserve' at Davemoor.

She is seen here about to depart with a south-bound express consisting of a rake of Mk2 coaches with a Mk1 buffet car.

Next we see the recently added Class 47, Nº 47593 also at Davemoor at the head of a Freightliner train.

Well, so much for her being used, primarily, on express passenger services!

Viewed from the other side, we now see both trains at Davemoor and with an Aston Martin DB5 in the car park, can we assume that a certain Secret Agent is letting the train take the strain?

From Davemoor we move to Carswater, the next station on the line, heading south. 

This station is approached via a single line, off the main line, and has a passing loop through the station.

The trains above are both heading south with the Class 45, on the left in the first photo, in charge of an express using the loop to overtake a semi-fast hauled by the Class 40. 

As can be seen, such movements, albeit somewhat rare, can be the cause of much frustration to drivers waiting to use the level crossing!

Moving, now, to the Gunnmere to Anchwood branch line, above, we see Folly View Farm, which recently acquired a small halt so that milk and other produce could be loaded onto pick-up goods trains for onward shipment to the big cities! 

It can also be used as a request stop for occasional passenger trains so, quite clearly, the occupant of the farm is someone very important or is a big name in Lakeland Railway circles!

At Gunnmere itself, we see Class 15, Nº D8239, basking in the late evening sunshine in the company of a particularly filthy Yeoman hopper.

While, a little later and with the station lights now lit, we catch sight of 33025 at the head of a rake of those Inter-City liveried coaches on a down semi-fast.