Steam on the Highland Main Line

Turning round from the previous shot and the summit board at Druimuachdar, 1494 feet above sea level, is just visible at the front of the loco. Minutes after the train passed, the heavens opened and it chucked it down, stair rods fashion!

A lengthy stop was taken at Dalwhinnie where the passengers rejoined the train, water was taken and a service train passed. By now the weather had improved greatly as 4472 continues north. The afternoon sun glints off the side of the tender and steam from the injector. The River Truim passes by with an old pack horse bridge in the foreground.

The backlit exhaust puts the whole train in shade as it runs past Kincraig just north of the loop. A number of new houses have been built just here and the shot is just about gone now.