Ex-LMS Stanier '8F' No. 48159 is plodding eastbound through Hellifield Station with an unusually short up train for Leeds. This former Midland Railway station and MPD (seen in the distance) provided the last sizeable facilities before the 'long drag' of the Settle & Carlisle route and is still a popular haunt of today's enthusiasts on days when steam specials are run. A 1943 Crewe-built engine, 48153 was withdrawn in March 1967.

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