Up the Line - 1918

While at work I have been lucky enough a couple of times to see locos going up or down Comberton Hill on lowloaders. The most impressive was when a Deltic went past the shop, you forget just how big they are until you see one on a lorry!

I'll have to pop and have a look on my way to The Weavers tonight. I did pass 1501 on the back of a lowloader a fortnight ago on my way back from work.

Ah! My wife reported a 'big black engine' on her way back from work as well. No further details could be extracted so it must have been 1501 then.

 

Just to add some context to above two comments - a bit further down the hill is the Weavers which I hesitate to call a pub as it is one of a very welcome new breed of watering hole set up in a retail unit but very cosy, no music, no fizzy beer just real stuff and cider and the odd malt. Just a little bit further down is Footplate Models which has expanded nicely into it's new premises having moved across the road  - not open on Wednesdays though which always catches me out as it did today!