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The Princess Elizabeth, presumably on some sort of test excercise, crossing the 402 m 24 arch Ribblehead viaduct (built 1870-74) in the Yorkshire Dales national park in northern England. The Settle-Carlisle railway was threatened with closure in the 1980s because British Rail did not want to spend the money required to keep the viaduct safe. Fortunately the plans were made long after the public backlash against railway closures had set in, and the closure was strongly opposed, forcing BR to refurbish the line.
I wasn't expecting this train to come along -- a fortutous accident of right place and time.
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Superb shot.... the steam engine seems to be about a dozen carriages short of a train!
Oh, and looking at it in the large size, the engine is Princess Elizabeth!
simply superb ...
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Sad Ferret
2007-07-02 11:39:06
Fantastic shot!
qwertyuiop
2007-07-02 13:26:35
Yeah, love this one. Would have been nice even without the steam train.
*Firefox
2007-07-02 14:46:15
Superb shot.... the steam engine seems to be about a dozen carriages short of a train! Oh, and looking at it in the large size, the engine is Princess Elizabeth!
netlancer2006
2007-07-02 21:45:50
simply superb ...
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thomsonalasdair
2007-07-04 23:25:06
Love the dramatic sky and the stream train is perfectly positioned.
jochen.westermann
2007-07-08 12:26:50
I saw this in
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FlyingScotsman4472
2007-07-20 16:20:58
Excellent shot nice one.
Þórgunnur Þórsdóttir
2007-10-08 08:29:21
Great photo!
I saw this in the 10+ Faves group and Faved it.
Red Snapper9
2007-10-08 14:25:34
Great shot, love the framing and perfect in b&w
I saw this in the 10+ Faves group and Faved it.
Loulum
2007-10-08 15:17:16
wondefully atmospheric photo.
I saw this in the 10+ Faves group and Faved it.
lordofthebadgers2000
2008-07-14 19:31:50
lovely mate. nice one
JamesHodgson
2008-09-04 10:47:24
Brilliant shot!
Andrew Mawby
2008-10-05 18:43:24
Great picture. Please would you post it to our group Settle-Carlisle Railway ? Thank you.
SteveAvenged7X™♥
2008-12-15 15:34:57
A wonderful photo
Paul Cowell
2009-02-22 05:42:10
Just Beautiful - great timing, composition and PP
Iam_BTI
2009-08-05 06:50:09
I really like this unn ...
sammydavisdog
2010-11-14 18:52:44
thanks so much for the cc licence !! atmospheric - beautiful !! www.flickr.com/photos/25559122@N06/5175811192/
Roolooth
2012-08-13 14:43:37
Great shot!