With 76009 on the 6M36 12.25 Ecclesfield to Stanlow empty tanks.

Peter Kerslake says "It's March in this view and the extremes of the past Pennine winter have taken their toll on the grass and general appearance of the landscape here with no fresh grass yet appearing and with a glimpse of Woodhead reservoir just visible on the extreme left.
The reservoirs at Crowden and Woodhead were vital sources of water for Manchester, centre of the Lancashire industrial network, and a relentless five mile one in one hundred and seventeen gradient here meant a long haul eastwards towards Sheffield, with the regenerative braking systems on the Class 76 locomotives coming into operation for the westbound descent through Dinting and onwards to Manchester"