If you register, you can do a lot more. And become an active part of our growing community. You'll have access to hidden forums, and enjoy the ability of replying and starting conversations.

The Brexit Express, 30th and 31st March 2019

Rasprava u 'Photography' pokrenuta od frazoulaswak, 30. Ožujak 2019..

  1. frazoulaswak

    frazoulaswak Member

    Pridružen(a):
    25. Ožujak 2009.
    Poruka:
    804
    Lajkova:
    2,208
    Spol:
    Muškarac
    Interesi:
    Retired (at last!)
    Grad:
    Hartford
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Whoever organised this train was clearly an optimist!
    Running at least two weeks early, The Brexit Express blasts through Holmes Chapel station hauled by BR Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 No. 70000 Britannia. The train ran from Swansea to Sunderland with steam haulage from Crewe to York.

    EOS 5D Mark IV_190330_7701.jpg
     
    frazoulaswak, 30. Ožujak 2019.
    #1
    26D_M, steamingyorkshire i green five se sviđa ovo.
  2. Greenway

    Greenway Part of the furniture

    Pridružen(a):
    16. Ožujak 2008.
    Poruka:
    4,019
    Lajkova:
    3,804
    Spol:
    Muškarac
    Grad:
    South Hams
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Given the pandemonium if the UK Parliament maybe the hauling loco should have been 70013 Oliver Cromwell. ;)
     
    Greenway, 30. Ožujak 2019.
    #2
    26D_M, Hampshire Unit, green five i 1 drugoj osobi se sviđa ovo.
  3. frazoulaswak

    frazoulaswak Member

    Pridružen(a):
    25. Ožujak 2009.
    Poruka:
    804
    Lajkova:
    2,208
    Spol:
    Muškarac
    Interesi:
    Retired (at last!)
    Grad:
    Hartford
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Still showing optimism in the face of what I personally hope will turn out to be the triumph of hope over experience, The Brexit Express return journey to Bristol (rather than its original starting point of Swansea) on Sunday 31st March 2019 was hauled as far as Crewe by BR Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 No. 70000 Britannia, shown approaching Chelford.

    EOS 5D Mark IV_190331_7727.jpg
    Cheers,
     
    frazoulaswak, 31. Ožujak 2019.
    #3
    green five se sviđa ovo.
  4. DeccerGW

    DeccerGW New Member

    Pridružen(a):
    19. Ožujak 2012.
    Poruka:
    72
    Lajkova:
    77
    Spol:
    Muškarac
    Grad:
    Leeds
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Far from my favourite topic but I have to give LSL/Saphos/JH credit for how well turned out 70000, D1924 and the stock was for this trip. Plenty of people out to see it and i'm sure a few people will be looking up Saphos Trains after seeing it pass by.

    Shot from Colton Junction on the return to Bristol. Also saw both York arrivals yesterday while working at the station although sadly didn't manage a decent shot there 0S4A1113.JPG .
     
    DeccerGW, 31. Ožujak 2019.
    #4
    iancawthorne, steamingyorkshire, green five i 3 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  5. jsm8b

    jsm8b Part of the furniture

    Pridružen(a):
    3. Prosinac 2014.
    Poruka:
    3,141
    Lajkova:
    7,491
    Spol:
    Muškarac
    Interesi:
    Escapee from the corporate bear-pit
    Grad:
    Shropshire
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    A wonderful performance approaching Marsden. DSC_3510 70000 Marsden 310318.JPG
     
    jsm8b, 31. Ožujak 2019.
    #5
    Lym Flyer, henrywinskill, Spamcan81 i 7 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  6. SpudUk

    SpudUk Well-Known Member

    Pridružen(a):
    5. Veljača 2009.
    Poruka:
    1,736
    Lajkova:
    597
    Spol:
    Muškarac
    Interesi:
    Project Manager
    Grad:
    Wales
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Who thought this was a good idea...
     
    SpudUk, 2. Travanj 2019.
    #6
    26D_M se sviđa ovo.
  7. bluetrain

    bluetrain Well-Known Member

    Pridružen(a):
    3. Ožujak 2019.
    Poruka:
    1,561
    Lajkova:
    1,584
    Spol:
    Muškarac
    Grad:
    Wiltshire
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    I wondered at first whether the train had been sponsored by UKIP supporters, but Britannia is carrying both EU & UK flags so maintaining a bit of balance.

    Politics can be dangerous territory for trains. The (original) Great Central named a 4-6-0 in 1920 after Lloyd George, but the name was removed after 3 years when that gentleman lost popularity.

    In the Scotland volume of the "Regional History of Railways" books, there is a photograph from 1892 of a North British 4-4-0 with a bust of Gladstone on the front - the engine was to haul his election campaign train from Edinburgh to Glasgow.
     
    bluetrain, 3. Travanj 2019.
    #7
    SpudUk se sviđa ovo.

Podijelite ovu stranicu