The Great Britain ran over 9 days from London up to Scotland and back.The engines make for an unusual combination

2 Class 50s - thoroughbred English Electric machines - lean to the curve at Low Gill on the West Coast Main Line with a Carlisle-bound fantrip. Class 50s ruled the rails here prior to electrificat... (more)

This Crewe-Carlisle fantrip was an hour late. Had it been punctual, it would have been raining and very dull! This is the reverse of what usually happens.