CME 05/08/17

Like those Simon What a performance at Great Strickland she was absolutely roaring ,Wish they would let Scotsman of the leash like that
Looking forward to the video as sound was fantastic

 

Nice Steve but you should have been at Great Strickland she was absolutely roaring

 

46233 seen exiting Blea Moor tunnel, through the Lune Gorge & to the south of Scorton.


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Phil.

 

That is a crackin shot

 

46233 leaving Bolton, 30L, in the last of the evening sunshine.

 

Brilliant!

 

Thanks.

 

+1

 

Thats a crackin shot

 

Hi Guys,this is my take of the Duchess at Woodacre near Garstang
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Thanks for sharing your excellent video and photos
Best Wishes Tony

 

Wonderful photo...sets us back in time; the Duchess is centre of attraction but your eyes keep getting drawn to so much detail around the station and background. Most photo backgrounds are trees and grass so it makes a great change to see this.

 

I actually went to the over bridge but problem was the motorway was roaring also !

 

Thanks for the kind comments guys. One of those rare occasions when I got lucky. I got to the bridge about 5 minutes before 46233 was due thanks to roadworks, a diversion and traffic lights stuck on red ....two different sets would you believe! When I arrived, a chap who had his phone tuned into RTT said it was still at Preston, lucky break number one! When it did arrive, about 30 down, it was put into platform 4 instead of 3 opposite. So the whole loco was in sun. Had it gone into 3 the wheels would have been in shade. Lucky break number two. Third was the sun itself which remained unobscured despite the amount of clouds. There is a lot of clutter around the station due to electrification work, in fact some of the masts have gone up the other way towards Manchester.

 

Awesome shot Alan (wish I'd taken it). Having luck is one thing...knowing how to use it is another!

 

Thanks John. Usually, if it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all!

 

Does anyone know why this tour was running wrong line at Bolton please?

 

A bit of remodelling going on in the area so I would guess that there is no other line at the moment.

 

Great Strickland

 

As I reported on this thread at the time CME stopped on the fast line (no platform access) at Lancaster for 25 mins. Dunno why. AN