I think it is a fair guess that the driver will have shut the power handle and let the train be taken down the bank by gravity but being kept under control with the brake.
Another Coradia unit heads west for Milford Haven from Manchester. The reporting number is 1V85 with a 1434 departure from the city's Piccadilly station.
The driver of 43162 is accompanied which is a rare sight. The train, 1B51 1545 Paddington to Swansea, comes over the summit and starts the drop down Stormy Bank running about 20 minutes late. The rear powercar is 43134.
