JL - 6.1.10 66623 6E73 Killoch - Ratcliffe Ais Gill

Arctic Blue! Even more snow than was already lying fell overnight to give the deepest snow conditions we've had for over a decade. Photographing on the S&C on Jan 6th 2010 was real boys own adventure stuff. Patch and I followed a snow plough up to Ais Gill and waded through waist deep snow in places to get to this location. The wind was howling and snow drifted very quickly, any water would freeze to my face instantly! Kirkby Stephen weather station was reporting a windchilll of -7 degrees. In superb but freezing conditions FHH celebrity 66/6 No. 66623 'Bill Bolsover' crawls past Ais Gill at just over walking pace with the 6Z73 Killoch - Ratcliffe loaded coal service. This was one of 3 southbound coal workings today (two empties also went north) however, I didn't see either the cement or 6K05. This shot was used in Big Freight - The Book by Videoscene published in July 2010. Also, in the 'Line by Line - Settle & Carlisle' book by Martin Buck published in March 2014.