The final months of the whistlers
11th April 2007
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These few images show the last year or so of the class 40's in 'border country'. The shot of the 40 spluttering up to Ais Gill summit is particularly evocative, oil leaking from the engine, thick black clag.....! Mind you it only had a few more yards to go!