Stormy Bank is four miles long with a ruling gradient of 1 in 79, the last two miles or so is at 1 in 96. The Mirlees 8MV275T 3,100hp powerplant will probably be singing at full chat as 60027 lifts its heavy train of steel coil upgrade. This train is 6E30 Fridays Excepted 1752 Margam to Hartlepool loaded steel coil.
After a long climb the summit is in sight with just a few hundred yards to go.
158861 forms a class 2 stopper from Cardiff to Swansea departing at 1738 as 2B71.
