A beautiful day without a cloud in the sky and GNER's 43111 and 43116 accelerates away from Ladybank and starts the 3 1/2 mile climb to Lochmuir Summit ruling at 1 in 95. The train is 1E12 0955 Aberdeen to Kings Cross, "The Northern Lights". 19/2/2000
43116 is the rear powercar and is framed between a pair of buildings at the north end of Kingskettle.
EWS 66123 approaches with a trailing load of pipe carriers and the spacer wagons between them. 6E69 is booked off Inverness at 0820 running back to Hartlepool pipe works. It runs on a Saturday and Thursday only.