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The Edinburgh Flyer 22/03/19, now 20/04/19 with 60009

Dieses Thema im Forum 'What's Going On' wurde von alan wilson gestartet, 7 Januar 2019.

  1. D7076

    D7076 Well-Known Member

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    John C was on the footplate .
     
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    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.....
     
  3. blink bonny

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    Funnily enough, as it approached I was thinking that it just looked like it belonged there.

    It was the first A4 I ever saw, 55 years ago all but a couple of weeks, on 9th May 1964
     
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    osprey Resident of Nat Pres

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    Naughty...
     
  5. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    That's because it does! I'm also pleased that in the relatively short space of around six weeks two of the LNER's finest have been able to run on the ECML north of York. Both Tornado and UoSA looked the part although I have to say that 4 hr 40 min (albeit one way) with Tornado, unassisted, was preferable to six hours today. But you have to take what you are given.

    I hope to reunite with 60009 on GBXII although it seems this will be another (+1) trip. However...2019 and I will have been from York to Edinburgh with an A1 and then hopefully from Edinburgh to Aberdeen with an A4. A remarkable prospect, even with the caveats.
     
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    I think the Southbound driver is Davey Blair. I have no idea about the name of the fireman but he had black hair, glasses and I think a Scottish accent.
     
  7. jonathonag

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  8. blink bonny

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    Catching the last rays just as the sun set, north of Alnmouth. UoSA-(51)-fbook.jpg
     
  9. Macko

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  11. Sam 60103

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  12. jonathonag

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    The description matches (apart from accent) but without knowing who else was on the footplate at the time, I can't say there wasn't another person who matched the details there either.
     
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  13. henrywinskill

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  15. henrywinskill

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    Cheers John,LOL :D
     
  16. D7076

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  17. henrywinskill

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    No you should’ve seen the size of that ladder!
     
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    Well it would be a very big pole!
    Yes shot using a Mavic 2 pro drone
     
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