How come it was the freight that failed? the Highlander was 45 mins in front of the freight at Wamphrey? Wasn’t it the highlander that failed?
Posts elsewhere suggest it was 4S47 that failed rather than 4S49. 1S25 was looped to allow 4S49 to potentially assist in rear but a 66 was sent from Mossend to assist from the front. Would have thought a 92 would have made the perfect assisting loco, but I guess there’s a desire to avoid that with passengers on. It would also have had an awkward set-back move at Carstairs presumably too