Class 70 Tackles the Grade - 70006 on Shap.

This came along about an hour before a steam train. Looks good to me!
Filmed in Cumbria, England.

[@AR86608]

Excellent capture mate :) this is my favorite locomotive :)

[@balmesh]

Yes, a great one - reminds me of the Class 58!

[@AR86608]

@@balmesh yeah same :)

[@drewcyprus3714]

Meh to!!

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Lovely heat haze from the pipes and hardly any clagg , electronics doing the fuelling these days .

[@balmesh]

Yes, it's not so gutsy as the old-fashioned engines, though!

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Wow, beautiful color sheme of that green-yellow engine!

[@balmesh]

Looks a bit "distressed" to me !!

[@dominichetherington2287]

There's always one in every village eh tractor boy!!!!!!!!

[@balmesh]

One what?

[@Synthematix]

Very powerful engines these, can pull more than any class 66, in fact one of these can replace 2 66's just bought a class 70006 in freightliner livery in N gauge, its a superb model of this modern beast

[@balmesh]

I've often wondered about the HP these generate.

[@Synthematix]

@@balmesh about 3,700 hp

[@SebastianWarth]

Good Video!

[@balmesh]

Thanks Sebi.

[@EMuksteam]

Brilliant shot Alan in superb scenery. That diesel had a fair load on. Well captured Kind regards C&A

[@balmesh]

Thanks both. It's a good spot with scenery every which way!!

[@matthewarlotte1974]

EMuksteam an ugly will pull anything lol

[@Dean57010]

Very will filmed Alan :)

[@balmesh]

Thank you, Dean.

[@TransportCambs]

What was the stepthness of that incline?

[@balmesh]

You mean steepness? Gradient? Shap is mostly 1 in 75 but there are bits of level around Grayrigg.

[@TransportCambs]

Yes, gradient.