A busy day at Carlisle. 26th February 1998

86259 departs with the 09.10 Edinburgh-Reading, 60091 passes through with a portion of the 6S36 Dalston-Grangemouth and 87018 departs with the 06.30 London Euston-Glasgow Central. 92037 heads through with a Crewe-Carlisle test train as 43086 waits with the 08.50 Edinburgh-Penzance, 08912 trundles up to Carlisle Yard from the line to Workington passing 60100 and 142043. 60100 the departed with the 7Z38 Hunterston-Milford Sidings loaded MGR, 37694 passes through and 86255 departs with the 10.40 Edinburgh-Brighton. 37686 rattles through with the 6G85 Workington-Bescot which ran round in Carlisle Yard, 43161 and 43160 depart with the 09.10 Aberdeen-Plymouth, 60082 heads an Anglo-Scottish coal train away from a crew change and 86222 departs with the 05.54 Bournemouth-Edinburgh, and promptly stops as the ground signal was not set for it to pass. After a crew change in the station 37686 gets underway again as 90007 arrives with the 10.35 London Euston-Glasgow Central, 86602 and 86634 head the 4S86 Felixstowe-Coatbridge Freightliner, 60022 heads South with the 7Z39 Hunterston-Milford Sidings MGR and 60014 heads North with the 6Z85 Milford Sidings-Falkland Yard. Still sporting French 'Sybic' livery 90130 breezes out of the station with a lightly loaded 4M74 Mossend-Wembley, 86212 departs with the 14.40 Edinburgh-Birmingham New Street, 60098 hauls the 6M48 Redcar-Hardendale lime empties up to Carlisle Yard and 90127 pulls away with the 6G94 Carlisle Yard-Bescot. Intercity liveried 37685 runs light engine and drops off a driver as 60096 pulls away from a crew change with the 7M32 Knockshinnoch-Fiddlers Ferry loaded MGR. 37685 then heads down to High Wapping Sidings before 87018 is seen again with the 15.38 Glasgow Central-London Euston. 60098 is seen again before 86633 and 86618 pass with the 4L60 Coatbridge-Felixstowe Freightliner after which 60098 departs at 17.40. Final shot of the day shows 56029 hauling the 6M27 Mossend-Bescot.