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16Ventnor liked torgormaig's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Another one from Wednesday's trip to Kyle - Driver Mick Kelly at Strathcarron before treating us to a rousing climb up out of Glen Carron to Luib summit near Achnasheen, just one of many highlights from the last few days.[ATTACH] Peter
Apr 21, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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16Ventnor replied to the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Well, here we are on the final section of nearly 2000 miles. Despite my sceptism I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve been surprised at the amount I could hear the locos and that’s because they have been worked hard or very hard even when there has been...
Apr 21, 2024 at 5:46 PM -
16Ventnor liked jsm8b's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Summits - three Scottish summits in three days. Druimachdar, Tuesday 16th April. A lucky patch of sun by the summit board, although not the same spot as the WJV Anderson 1953 shot of two fives in the snow which may be a little further north...
Apr 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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16Ventnor liked stevenjcrozier's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Acouple of shots from this week, one on the HML at Slochd and one on the Kyle line at Achanalt[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Apr 20, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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16Ventnor replied to the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Consist was too long for platform at LLS for 3 locos hence one steam loco plus rear 47 to Chester. Climb out of LLS was memorable.
Apr 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM -
16Ventnor replied to the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Can’t lean out but reported that 47 removed at Craven Arms so just 2 Black 5s.
Apr 20, 2024 at 1:33 PM
