Your next stop at Stella Gill Flatts yard (South Pelaw Junction) is coming up in a few miles. The banker loco that will assist you up the long steep gradients to Consett awaits you there. Around this period in time the banking locomotive was often another 9F or in later years, a Type 4 (Class 40) diesel locomotive. *** BEWARE! *** Immediately after this line turns away from the ECML at Ouston Junction, you will climb a short 1 in 46 gradient which presents a significant risk of stalling your train. The best tactic is to maintain 30mph from here and when you reach the incline, use your sand for traction and keep the power on until the signal gantry just before the bridge as you crest the incline. You should then be able to coast the rest of the way, as the remainder of the incline should slow you to 20mph or below for your entry into Stella Gill Flatts yard sidings. |