Very nice catch. I must admit I'd have had to be on Carlisle station at 4am to see them, and then no guaratee beforehand what time they'd have appeared. The 5MTs do look good though.
Thank you. They were pretty much on time when they passed through Edinburgh. I wonder if they will take the same route, back down to Carnforth, at the end of October...
@@LeslieGilpinRailways Ah yes, I'd forgotten about the work going on at Carstairs. I had wondered why they were taking such a long route to Fort William. It all makes sense now.
As Carstairs is undergoing some work, the train was going via Edinburgh - quite a significant diversion. As the journey was scheduled to take 15 hours, it was probably easier to have a diesel hauling them all the way to Fort William, rather than arrange stops for coal and water at multiple locations.
