Alternative Routes
45111 approached Diggle with 1E82, the 09:03 from Liverpool Lime St to Scarborough, on 17 April 1986.The portal visible above the third coach is the entrance to Butterhouse Tunnel on the Micklehurst Loop, built by the LNWR as a less steeply graded alternative to the main line from Stalybridge in 1885 and closed in 1966. The original (and current) route curves round to the right behind the factory buildings.
The loco was withdrawn three weeks after the photo was taken but was retained for a couple of years for use by Derby RTC before being scrapped in 1992.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 87-022-08
camera : Mamiya 645 1000s
lens : 80mm f/1.9
focal length : 80 (53.3mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/500 sec
aperture : f/6.3
ISO : 100 ISO
original : 645 Agfa 100RS
camera on pole : No
SUBJECT DATA
Loco : 45.111
Train : 1E82, 09:03 Liverpool Lime Street - Scarborough passenger
Location : appr, Diggle
Line : 039 Stalybridge - Standedge Tunnel
Country : United Kingdom
Date & Time : 17/04/1987 10:12
