2 Direct Rail services class 66 locomotives pass Ribblehead viaduct at sunset with a network rail railhead treatment train clearing autumn leaves
10/10/2014 Ribblehead Direct rail services class 66 locomotives 66426 + 66434 working the 1646 Carlisle Kingmoor - Carlisle Kingmoor via Settle - Blackburn - Preston - Barrow - Carnforth - Windermere - Carlisle - Preston - Blackburn - Hellifield - Skipton - Carlisle - Carlisle Kingmoor. This train is out for 20 hours each day in the autumn (apart from Saturday night) washing leaf mulch from the rail head on lines in Cumbria, Lancashire & Yorkshire ensuring that trains can grip the rails during the leaf fall season.
Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Ribblehead Viaduct, Low Sleights Road, Carnforth, UK
Photo credit: © Robert Lancaster / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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