A square view of a black steam engine pulling a rake of blue and cream vintage carriages towards the camera, heading towards the left of the scene from a vanishing point in the right background. The train is running on the far bank of a canal, and both the canal and the track are contained by a stone structure with metal railings. A large white sign wrapped top and bottom with dark blue bands and with dark blue text labels the brick structure as the ‘Ryewater Viaduct’. There is a little grass in the foreground in front of the sign, and some lily pads add a little colour to the canal in the left foreground. A brooding grey sky hangs overhead.
My last view of the former #GNRi 4-4-0 steam loco No. 131 on the 15th of June as she works the home leg of the second of two 'Midlander' steam specials for the #RPSI. Here she is, running tender-first, exiting the Ryewater viaduct in #Lexlip which carries the railway and the #RoyalCanal.
