Whilst travelling up to Scotland early on the morning of Sunday 10 August 1997, I noticed 56104 parked on the main line at Penmanshiel with a ballast train, obviously waiting to proceed south at some point during the day to drop ballast at an engineering possession. Although it was stopped in a slightly awkward position, it was just possible to take this record shot without the overhead wires getting in the way. The course of the old A1 road can be seen on the right, with the new road on the left. In the background, on the right is the site of Penmanshiel Tunnel, which collapsed during repair work in 1979, unfortunately with the loss of two lives. A new line was constructed avoiding the tunnel.