The Duchess Double - Stockport to Carlisle 6th April 1991

            LMS 4-6-2 46229 Duchess of Hamilton hauled the Cumbrian Mountain Express / Duchess Double Railtour from Blackburn to Carlisle via the Settle & Carlisle line and return (hence the Double). I was on the train from Stockport and this 10 minute video is the result.

1) The railtour ran from London behind Class 47 diesel 47810 which is seen arriving at Stockport station.
2) The tour ran to Blackburn but all the windows were occupied so except for catching a glimpse of what I thought was Park Junction I'm not sure how we got there - Six Bells Junction website surprisingly has no information on this railtour.
3) 46229 takes over at Blackburn (which in 1991 still had its fine L&YR overall roof) departing at 10.30.
4) Hellifield station is seen in passing from inside the train.
5) Settle Junction signal box - the start of the climb on the Settle & Carlisle line is obvious from the exhaust.
6) I finally got brief access to a door window on the rhs and 46229 is seen crossing Ribblehead viaduct and Blea Moor signal box.
7) Garsdale station water stop and signal box.
8) Again with no access to a window the next sequence is at Carlisle with 46229 coming off the train and running through the station to be serviced at Upperby. In the Down yard are 86627, 47626 Atlas, 86245 & 47625
9) 47624 (three in a row and a bonus point...) comes off the stock of our train before 46229 and its support coach backs on for the return journey.
10) At Appleby we detrained and our train is seen being shunted onto the spur down to the former NER line to allow a service train to overtake.
11) 46229 pulls out of the spur and back into the station. Note the new water tank under construction at the end of the Up platform.
12) It had rained all day and it was still raining so I assume the window-hangers had had enough because from Appleby I managed to grab one for all the way back!
13) 46229 is seen departing from Appleby, passing through Kirkby Stephen station, Birkett tunnel, Mallerstang up to Aisgil summit, Shotlock Hill & Moorcock tunnels into Garsdale.
14) A very slippery departure from Garsdale, Dent station, Artengil & Dent Head viaducts and into Blea Moor tunnel, Blea Moor, Ribblehead viaduct, passing Class 158 dmu in station, Settle, Settle Junction, en route from Hellifield to Blackburn.
15) Stockport?
   

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Taken on: August 21, 2020

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