The last Waverley, which had run each Sunday through the summer ran on Sunday 9th September 2012 with 45305 as motive power.
The day was quite windy so for our recording of the northbound run we went again to Helwith Bridge where a handy dry stone wall would provide some shelter.
The train was quite late, by almost an hour, when we first heard it and as the recording begins 45305 is emerging from Stainforth Tunnel.
My favourite Black 5 sounds to be going well at the head of 11 coaches and accelerates nicely on the level section before heading off towards Horton-in-Ribblesdale back on the 1 in 100 gradient.

For the return from Carlisle the wind was even stronger so our best option for some shelter seemed to be the dry stone walls near Greengate Bridge not far south of Kirkby Stephen but even with this shelter, you will still hear the wind battering against the wall at times in this recording.
Unlike the northbound run, 45305 turned up almost bang on time and sounds to be going particularly well as it passes. Even though the wind was quite strong we still were able to hear 45305 for a while once it had emerged from Birkett Tunnel.