20301 Tilts 24 November 2008

20301 Max Joule 1958-1999 leads the 3S14 11:14 Grimsby to Malton Rail Head Treatment Train past Tilts on 24 November 2008, with classmate 20302 bringing up the rear. The severe gradient is required to allow the line to cross the East Coast Mainline, the bridge over which can just be seen in the background. Fortunately there was a north wind on this day, as the farmer had just started a bonfire of hedge cuttings and chicken feathers right next to the line. This made an unbelievable amount of smoke, which luckily was being blown away from the railway (and me)!