0661 - Photo: Paul Gildersleve.

With a cold journey in prospect for 55014 (D9014) "THE DUKE OF WELLINGTONS REGIMENT" the locomotive waits for departure from King's Cross on 16th March 1979 with the 1L03 09:04 service for Leeds. The following day the Penmanshiel tunnel collapsed and threw the ECML into turmoil until the following August.

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