A covering of snow opened up all sorts of photographic possibilities including the opportunity to silhouette trains in locations where they usually blended in to the background. One such spot was between Tunnels 3 and 4 where a train could be silhouetted on the opposite side of the valley a few minutes before taking the conventional shot bursting out of Tunnel 3.
QJ 7040 and QJ 7041 were hauling an eastbound coal train around the curve at the entrance to the Erdi Valley on 17 December 2003.