Braving the Elements - The Ribblehead Virtual Quarry Stone Train

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Filmed on 24th October 2022.
The complete metamorphosis of GB Railfreight's 6M78 (0529, Doncaster Down Decoy GBRf to Ribblehead VQ GBRf) into 6F69 (1254, Ribblehead VQ GBRf to Tuebrook Sidings GBRf) at Ribblehead Virtual Quarry.
A virtual quarry, for anyone not in the know, doesn't have any actual quarrying taking place. Instead locally quarried stone is dropped off by lorry for onwards transportation by rail.
On duty today is GBRf's 60002, which arrives with its rake of 21 empty JNA bogie box aggregate wagons just a few moments before I do.
Over the space of the next four hours we see the locomotive shuffling wagons backwards and forwards for loading. I have captured every movement of the locomotive, but I've cut out periods of relative inactivity.
The weather is classic Ribblehead - heavy rain and thick fog one moment, glorious sunshine the next. As is usually the case, it's pretty blustery in such an exposed part of the Dales.
I hope you enjoy this insight to one of GBRf's most recently established freight flows.
Footage was captured using a Panasonic HC-VX1; amzn.to/3vJnqNJ; fitted with a Rode VideoMic Go; amzn.to/3rpMeIA