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Les Ross' Photo Gallery 3

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A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
Leaving Euston for Carnforth

A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
At Camden Junction, an up Freightliner is moving onto the North London line as 86 259 approaches Primrose Hill Tunnel.

A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
Approaching the single bore Linslade Tunnel, on the down fast line.

A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
Staffordshire, and we're about to pass through the Shugborough Estate.......the statues represent the coat of arms of the Earl of Lichfield. The Shugborough Estate is his back garden!

A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
About to enter Crewe, our next passenger pick-up point.

A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
Cheshire, passing through Preston Brook Tunnel (all 78 yards of it!), the most northerly tunnel on the West Coast Main Line. That's right, there isn't another tunnel all the way to Glasgow!

A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
About to leave Preston. Driver Mick is talking to the Preston signaller.

A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
Flying through Lancaster on the down fast line.

A view from the cab between Euston and Carnforth
Nearly there! The oh-so familiar signal PN 274, directing us into the Carnforth goods loop, where the steam engine will take over for the next part of the tour.

Lord Peter Hendy of Richmond Hill, the chairman of Network Rail, is seen with BOTH Les Rosses at Euston station!

On the way to Wolverton....Lord Hendy in the second man's seat.

Long Train! Canada again. Containers, two deep on the flats, running round four curves with the end of the train still not in sight. Two, or is it even three(?), locomotives at the front..
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Long Train!
Nice countryside - poor weather - fancy a swim?!

More lousy weather.

Nuenen.
Tracks at Nuenen in the Netherlands.

Kaiapoi
Tracks at Kaiapoi, north of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand, following an earthquake.

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Location Unknown - Close up photo

Close up photo

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Nice picture though!

Ship Overtaking A Train! (1 of 4)
A container ship on the Manchester Ship Canal passing 86259 waiting at Apsley Junction on the Helsby loop.

Ship Overtaking A Train! (2 of 4)
A container ship on the Manchester Ship Canal passing 86259 waiting at Apsley Junction on the Helsby loop.

Ship Overtaking A Train! (3 of 4)
A container ship on the Manchester Ship Canal passing 86259 waiting at Apsley Junction on the Helsby loop.

Ship Overtaking A Train! (4 of 4)
A container ship on the Manchester Ship Canal passing 86259 waiting at Apsley Junction on the Helsby loop.

Topless at Willesden Depot!
A view from the corridor inside 86259 of the roof equipment beneath the pantograph when the fibreglass roof panel was removed for rainwater leak repairs in May 2016. Taken by David Grieff.

Topless at Willesden Depot!
Another view from the corridor inside 86259 of the roof equipment beneath the pantograph when the fibreglass roof panel was removed for rainwater leak repairs in May 2016. Taken by David Grieff.

Topless at Willesden Depot!
The fibreglass segment of roof that was removed and patched during the leak repair.

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