"Scots Guardsman" climbing the 1 in 88 up Wilpshire bank with the return leg of The Fellsman in fine summer evening light

Ex L.M.S. class 7P Royal Scot No. 46115 SCOTS GUARDSMAN on 1Z18 Lancaster - Manchester via Copy Pit then Manchester - Manchester via Huddersfield and Hebden Bridge unfortunately the loco Failed at... (more)

Ex L.M.S. class 7P Royal Scot No. 46115 SCOTS GUARDSMAN departing Scarborough with 1Z28 The Scarborough Spa Express Scarborough - York

"Scots Guardsman" heading south down the single line Cumbrian Coast after a stop at St Bees to pass a northbound service train

The sound and the fury! This wonderful sight seemed to look so much better in monochrome. No locomotive looks as much so 'at home' as does Scots Guardsman on the Settle & Carlisle route. This thun... (more)

The passage of a steam locomotive startles a local crow to the betterment of my composition! Many towns and villages on the Settle and Carlisle route once boasted stations though several did not s... (more)

Silver-topped admirers watch 46115 Scots Guardsman pulls into Hellifield station with the Fellsman railtour in July 2011.

46115 Scots Guardsman pulls its train from a standing start on the steeply graded line from Clitheroe to join the Carlisle route at Hellifield with the Fellsman railtour in 2011.

A bright, but rather hazy day sees 46115 Scots Guardsman crosses the famous Ribblehead viaduct, on the Settle to Carlisle route, working the southbound Winter Cumbrian Express railtour.

A young lady staff member admires 46115 Scots Guardsman as it takes water at Hellifield station during a break while working the southbound Winter Cumbrian Express railtour.

46115 Scots Guardsman threads through th ebleak Yorkshire landscape, just after crossing the famous Ribblehead viaduct, on the Settle to Carlisle route, working the southbound Winter Cumbrian Expr... (more)

I doubt if I've ever seen such an exhibition of uphill power from Scots Guardsman. Not only was it a quite wonderful spectacle to behold, but the sound as the train approached was arguably even be... (more)

"Scots Guardsman" starts the 1 in 75 ascent to Shap from a standing start after being looped at Tebay around 2 miles to the south

The 'long view' at Birkett Common is just as dramatic as the wider scene more commonly photographed. The characteristic and ancient dry stone (no mortar) walls are a particularly attractive featur... (more)