Slate gravity train:
At 07.45ish the take-up of coupling slack is interesting and demands some care - no doubt a fair bit of damage could be caused by a heavy hand on the regulator!
Having never seen the sight of a long unfitted std gauge freight being ‘lifted’ I guess the same applied?
One reads the odd tale of guards occasionally being roughed up when caught unawares!
Is the demo freight service on the GCR fitted or unfitted?
Thanks Brian - I had a suspicion they might be because I guess they are recreating the Windcutter fast freight?
Ah .... which may explain why they have loaned some (presumably unfitted) 16T minerals to the Pontypool & Blaenavon.
