Cathedrals Explorer 2014/Highlands and Islands Explorer.

Lovely birdsong and lovely light.

 

After the special departed Crewe, the Duchess and her support coach backed into the vacated platform to take water.

Headboard still attached........

 

Hi Guys,here is my shots of Catheral Explorer at Brindle 09/05/2014,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/garstangpost/13960263099/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/garstangpost/13959997709/in/photostream/

Great photos and Video on this thread guys,please keep it up ,best wishes Tony

 

Having not been passed the GBVII headboard off 60009, they are not going to give up the Cathedrals Explorer one!

Regards,

Dan

 

44871 & 45407 motoring at Helwith bridge .

 

Steam and Diesels on Saturday... At the Nene Valley Railway first for the gala then No. 9 with leg 9 at P'boro' and Sandy....

 

Here we have 44871 and 45407 climbing out of Blackburn up towards Wilpshire.

 

A rather cold and windy Selside setting for the Highlands and Islands Explorer

 

Nice footage from both of you at the 2 places I would have gone before the misleading forecast for today appeared and before I told My Dad that I didn't need the car...

 

Heading through Stafford...



I see that a 47 appeared on the back at some point north of Crewe. Was it at the Hellifield stop, and what was it for?

 

44871 and 45407 at Selside this evening after an eventful day trying and failing at times to chase the tour, needless to say, all 3 engines looked as good as ever.

 

44871 & 45407 making light work at Hoghton - http://philmetcalfe.zenfolio.com/p143854893/h1f7730e3#h1f7730e3
Whalley - http://philmetcalfe.zenfolio.com/p143854893/h1f7730e3#h125301b3
Newsholme - http://philmetcalfe.zenfolio.com/p143854893/h1f7730e3#h4153ff0
Settle - http://philmetcalfe.zenfolio.com/p143854893/h1f7730e3#h2bdcab5a and http://philmetcalfe.zenfolio.com/p143854893/h1f7730e3#h3aef0d0f

 

Bog standard shots of the 5s heading for Crewe, the Duchess on the bank to Whitmore and the 5s again climbing through Hoghton:



Chris

 

It would not have been possible to remove the headboard from 6233 while she was under the 25kV overhead wires.

The 47 was attached at Hellifield to assist with shunting at Appleby where the train was stabling overnight and then to take the train north to Scotland today.

 

I must have been next to you at Hoghton and then arrived Newsholme just as it passed. How on earth did you manage to get there and fit Whalley in as well? I didn't spare the horses either. Good work by the way!

 

Next time I'll try and get it in focus, lol.

 

Thanks 26D, it was just behind us as we passed Whalley so i jumped out for a grab shot, made it with a few mins before at Newsholme, we had quite a clear run.

 

That is a nice well composed image - best of the bunch.