60163 The Peppercorn Pioneer Sat 31 Jan / Sun 1 Feb

Thanks Ralph!

 

My photos from today up now at http://5944.fotopic.net/c1646350.html

Croxdale viaduct for the outward, King Edward bridge for the return.

 

Mark - Well done

best pics ive seen for a while

keep it up

 

Hi Jack,
Cheers mate,i started using the manual mode virtually all the time (as opposed to auto) etc lately and i think the benefits are visible.....

Nice shots Nigel,nice to see your camera isn't in the Tyne lol

Cheers,
Mark

 

There's always Swithland tomorrow Mark!

 

What camera + lens do you have if you dont mind me asking

 

No lens,its just digi,fuji s8000fd is the cam

 

Well good run this today. Congratulation to A1ST and everybody involved in the building of Tornado. A privilege to be on-board with fellow covenanters. Mainly on train footage and capturing the crowds:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K7j-5gpwric

Mark: Glad you got that ‘exclusive’ shot; maybe we should have come with you!

 

Just got back from a hectic day. after my train from Leeds to York got cancelled and replaced by a bus after a full train had been sitting at Leeds for 30 minutes plus, I managed to get on the second coach ( leaving hundreds in the queue) the coach ended up crawling for 20 minutes in the York traffic, pulling up at the staion around 12.05. Sorry if you were one of the people who were bowled out of my way the footbridge! I made the train with a couple of minutes to spare. I can do without stress like that.

A clockwork run, my only disappointment was that it was all so smooth and effortless (and we had a MkII coach) that apart from the drifting steam and the constant whistles, it was like a modern train ride.

Tornado looked just as stunning as the photos had promised. The crowds everywhere were amazing.

Next week I'm on the London trip, I think I'll set off from Darlington. Thanks to my new found friends Dave, Michael and Dale, if you read this.

 

Thanks for the great video!
Just back in Tonbridge, Brilliant day! Just amazing that 40 years on from August 1968 to travel behind a brand new A1. Somebody pinch me - must be a dream!!!!!
Patrick

 

Brilliant video Nigel,it came down the back after about 10 minutes waiting so wasn't that long really,then it disappeard to take water presumably.

Cheers,
Mark

 

I to had a journey from hell but i wasnt lucky to get on the two buses yes two to take about four train loads of people to york why they didnt tell me about the work going on at Church Fenton when i bought my tickets in bradford i dont know but they did get us on a train that they said would go stright to york but it didnt it stopped at Church Fenton for half an hour and so i missed Tornado but if that wasnt enough some asian guy started to attack people on the train and me and my wife got hit by it all and scared my kids he got thrown off the train as we were stood at Chuch Fenton and the Transport Police picked him up later and charged him
any way we arrived in to york at about 12:30 all shuck up but safe lets hope i never through that again

 

This one is pretty good:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QSWh1qlhhxs It shows 60163 in fine form and the great turn-out to see her. A great day for Steam.

 

From Durham

http://stephen617.photos.me.uk/p56159348.html
http://stephen617.photos.me.uk/p56159347.html

and on the return leg

http://stephen617.photos.me.uk/p56159346.html

 

I finally managed to upload my video from yesterday for what its worth. As I wasn't familiar with the area and I went to see the Cotton Mill Express at Diggle first it was hit and miss with the location, I arrived with about 10 mins to suss out the area and set up. I ended up shooting into the sun in a hazy sky and for the second time that day someone walked across the front of me as the end of the train had just passed.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ciN9sJ2OioI

I had another camera set up for a passing shot so will see if thats any better.
BTW, I don't know whether its my internet connection but I seem to be having problems both uploading and viewing Youtube last night and this morning and I am unable to view Simon's at all, coming up page not found. :-k

Neil.

 

I stood in the cold for over an hour waiting to see this Sunday lunchtime.
It was worth it though!

Video is at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CawN4FdfYLQ

 

Another smashing day out of seeing 60163
Was up nice and early this morning to go get it on its move from York to Doncaster at Colton and we got a nice blast on both the whistles something i've wanted for some time now...
then wowww! the amount of people that turned up at dinner was untrue, and some peoples parking is diabolical, i've never seen anything like it.
Anyway footage now online with the usual HD option.

Footage Available Here

 

There are some great videos and photos on here, and credit to everyone for making the most of the freezing weather. But who would want to miss the spectacle. Tell me, someone, the chime whistle; I spent my young days mostly on the LMS and GW, but living at Luton was a bike ride (lengthy) from Hitchin where we could see the East Coast steam. Chime whistles; from what I remember were only on the A4s. But have they actually fitted TWO to Tornado, a chime and a shreek whistle ??? Have to say, the drivers seem to love the chime !!!! Fabulous.