That footbridge was where I was introduced to the absorbing but pointless pastime of train spotting, I was only just turned nine years old. The...
You are correct Bryan, the only other time you will see a diesel at the back is on the rare occasions when the generator car is out of action....
For those who don’t do FB, my phone shot [ATTACH]
Is that fencing in addition to the deer fence put up a few years ago?
No point on a Bulleid, the injector controls are under the fireman’s seat.
Oakworth, February 2020, Steve Peach of BLS, sadly no longer with us, in the white headgear [ATTACH]
The Wensleydale Railway. It was fairly limited on the main line as 45 mph engine
The 8Fs were always unlined black
The alpha numeric codes were used from 1960, Z was for excursion trains starting and terminating within the WR.
Yes I read the full itinerary and deleted my post
Same with 35028
The loss was due to having to accommodate the air pump. The shape of the coal space was changed making it look like a 5500 gal tender but the...
Good to meet you too and a good wide angle shot. I was torn between getting blasting out of the tunnel or wide angle, really needed two camera bodies.
34067 is running with a MN 6000gal tender, 35028s modified tender is 5750 gals
Next time I’m on the Belmond I’ll ask the crew if they know what it is. Good of the 70000 crew to steam clean the tunnel!
A question on your last para, what would be the point?
I don’t know but there is one on the other bore too.
I don't normally do this and would never send it for publication but a bit of fakeography makes the Shakespeare Tunnel shot look so much better!...
My efforts from yesterday's trip. Two approaching Dover having steam cleaned the roof of Shakespeare Tunnel, Wye and Godstone. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
The outside Walshaerts valve gear might be a giveaway.
Separă nume cu o virgulă.
