50008 Aisgill 27 July 2019

50008 Thunderer passes Aisgill in the rain on 27 July 2019 with the Branch Line Society 1Z10 15:34 Carlisle to Derby 'The Return of Thunder Vac' railtour. Although Wild Boar Fell is almost lost in the cloud, there is still no mistaking this iconic location, and this is why I particularly wanted a picture of Thunderer at somewhere that is unmistakably Settle & Carlisle. Definitely not ideal photographic conditions, with the rain blowing straight into the lens, but certainly worth the effort. Although it was raining here, that was nothing compared with just a few miles further south, and for the first part of my drive home on the M6, when the torrential rain, floods, and spray resulted in some difficult driving.