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The train is at platform 4, now in the hands of BR Britannia Pacific no 70044 Earl Haig, waiting to restart its journey south. See image ' href='/img/50/890'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/50000/50890.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60913 waiting for a train at Carlisle on 1 February 1964. The train in question is 9.25am Crewe - Perth. See image ' href='/img/53/611'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/53000/53611.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Britannia Pacific no 70036 Boadicea stands at Carlisle platform 3 in May 1967 ready to take out what is thought to be the 9.20am St Pancras - Glasgow Central.' href='/img/34/79'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/34000/34079.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='LNER class K3 2-6-0 No 32 stands at the north end of Carlisle under Victoria Viaduct in the 1930s.' href='/img/56/249'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/56000/56249.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='A northbound train stands alongside Carlisle platform 3 on 3 March 1993 behind InterCity liveried 86233 Sir Laurence Olivier.' href='/img/61/473'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/61000/90xNx61473.jpg.pagespeed.ic.ZhUx1yL-F4.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Modern Railfreight A new freight flow. GBRF 66793 crosses the southern approach to Carlisle station with aviation fuel from Grain Oil Terminal to Prestwick BP Oil terminal on 13 October 2021. The train had run in the path normally used by the Irvine China Clay tanks from Wembley via the WCML to Farington Jct, then east to join the S&C at Hellifield. How frequent this service will be is not yet known. #COP26' href='/img/78/619'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/78000/78619.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='47 617 waits to leave for Glasgow at Carlisle.' href='/img/8/815'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/8000/8815.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Shrouded in steam, Royal Scot 4-6-0 no 46152 The Kings Dragoon Guardsman waits patiently on the centre road at Carlisle on 23 January 1965. The Scot had recently arrived from Kingmoor shed and was waiting to relieve the locomotive off the 9.25am Crewe - Perth train.' href='/img/35/590'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/35000/35590.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Stanier Coronation Pacific no 46251 City of Nottingham stands at Carlisle on 25 April 1964 with the 10.5am Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street.' href='/img/35/849'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/35000/35849.jpg'></a></td></tr></table><br><br>  <div id="dialog" title="Enlarged image" style="display: none;"> <span id="dialogtext"></span> <br><a target="ebay" href="https://www.ebay.co.uk"><img align="right" src="/ebay/xeBay-logo-right-now-108x45.gif.pagespeed.ic.-1kRB_5ODm.png"></a> </div> <div id="ebayid" style="display: none; border-top: 1px dotted #CCC; padding-top: 25px; margin-top: 25px;"> <a target="ebay" href="https://www.ebay.co.uk"><img src="/ebay/xeBay-logo-right-now-108x45.gif.pagespeed.ic.-1kRB_5ODm.png"></a><br> eBay has some items listed which may be of interest. 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