THE CORONATION 15-17 MAY.

Streaks do it quietly Ralph! :lol:

 

Had an awesome weekend,once again. Super running from all locos and the bloke that was with Marcus must of been on a different train between Edb and Yk,it was the fire risk that meant it wasn't going for it all the way,but after York it really went well. The Duchess also performed brilliantly and sounded superb,especially at Donny and Retford!

Thanks to everybody at Steam Dreams,West Coast,NR and of course the support crews. Also a special thanks again to Mike for the special coach organisation

My photos from the tour are now up at:

Day 1

http://mark-walker.fotopic.net/c1850667.html

Day 2

http://mark-walker.fotopic.net/c1850680.html

Day 3

http://mark-walker.fotopic.net/c1850928.html


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There are also these that i took on Sunday night/Monday morning,i wanted to see the sleeper but didn't realise all the movements that went on between 23:00 and 01:00! So me and Oli ended up on the station till the gates were been locked and the friendly scottish station man' had to come and tell us they were locking up! Eventually got back into the hotel at 01:15 and lost a bit of sleep but who cares,i hope you will agree these are some of my best shots i have ever taken at night. They are actually my best of the weekend.

It includes 4 67s and 2 90s as well as about 4 or 5 different Mk2/3 sets,can't complain there isn't anything interesting in Scotland,it was brilliant!



Photos of Caledonian Sleeper train's at Edinburgh:

http://mark-walker.fotopic.net/c1850720.html


Cheers,
Mark

 

Fantastic pictures there Mark all round from what was a great weekend with all the laughs we had so many thanks. Was also nice to see the cale sleeper on sun / mon morning to see all the moves and take a few shots.

Also a huge thanks again to Mike for aranging me into his party for this years trip so i could sit with the many friends i have made, to make the weekend extra special. Thanks to you all, including people behind the scenes to overcomne difficulties leading up to and during the trip, to keep our weekend on track.

Bring on Coronation 2011 !!

Cheers

 

19.54 from Stevenage, 20.33 arrival at King's X on platform 1, couple of quick photos and dash round to platform 11B for 20.36 to Finsbury Park to catch my usual train to work! Worked out well in the end.

 

must of been quick fots when you only had 3 minutes :O!

 

The highlights were Saturday from York - just south of Doncaster on the Fast Line, Newcastle - Edinburgh, and Monday from Doncaster - Retford. Not as good as the previous 2, but still an enjoyable trip.

A selection of my Photo's from this trip can be found at http://paul-simpson.fotopic.net/c1851251.html

 

Somewhat belatedly, here are my poor efforts taken at Potters Bar where she passed about 45 minutes late. The Duchess looked and sounded good as she passed through at low speed on the Up Slow.

http://phil-edwards.photobook.org.uk/c1851699.html

 

A few more pics of the tour.

60019 Royal Border Bridge
http://www.railwayherald.org/imaging.centre/showimage.php?gallery=X7&image=153705

60019 Lamberton
http://www.railwayherald.org/imaging.centre/showimage.php?gallery=X7&image=153706

60019 Prestonpans
http://www.railwayherald.org/imaging.centre/showimage.php?gallery=X7&image=153709

47760 Waverley
http://www.railwayherald.org/imaging.centre/showimage.php?gallery=X7&image=153710

45407 Newbridge
http://www.railwayherald.org/imaging.centre/showimage.php?gallery=X7&image=153711

45407 Newbridge
http://www.railwayherald.org/imaging.centre/showimage.php?gallery=X7&image=153713

45407 Newbridge (rainbow)
http://www.railwayherald.org/imaging.centre/showimage.php?gallery=X7&image=153714

60019 Redhouse
http://www.railwayherald.org/imaging.centre/showimage.php?gallery=X7&image=153715

 

All lovely shots Paul, my personal favourite being the second one at Newbridge, thanks for sharing them. :thumb:

 

All very nice but this one is my favourite.

 

Video of the Duchess through Finsbury Park... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOcNHwSANWM

 

Well,not the actual tour but my class 90 one is,which i'm quite proud of