Railways and People

At the time I wasn't really too bothered with that, ahem I was a bit distracted on this excursion.

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The paintwork could do with a polish as well.

 

My missus knows the feeling, she always complained I paid far more attention to my mates Chopper than her photo is c/o Phillip Dean through Flicker.
Funnily enough my friends now getting his Chopper’s out regularly on the Mid Hants

 

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Reminded me of Flying Scotsman in America.
And, yes, the lucky man on the buffer beam is Alan Peglar:

 

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There were a few young ladies that were selected to go on a trade tour of America with Alan & 4472. I think some of them appeared in the Robson Green documentary about Scotsman from a few years ago. I could only find the picture below:

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The Reseau Breton in 1967, the driver of E417 during a mid morning stop for vino at Pleyben between Carhaix and Chateaulin.

 

You must have been stood almost right next to me. I would say how could you miss me dressed from head to foot in orange but then again.........

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I know the documentary you mean.
Without wanting to sound sexist, how do I put this?
They certainly looked better than me at my youthful age despite them having a few years on me!

 

There were quite a lot of us taking pictures of 46115 at the Salisbury water stop on that day. Some of us even took it in turns to have our picture taken standing between the two ladies...



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This is not one of my pictures but I do wonder what Ian Riley said about this!

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We don’t get lasses like that in Bury?

 

Sorry to move on from attractive young ladies but I thought I would post this picture of a picture. It shows a B1 being preped by its crew at York North Shed, probably about 1965 given how empty the shed is. In the right hand corner is the turntable control which is about the only thing in that picture that is recognisable today. As it happened I was in the NRM while the same piece of machinery was being serviced and caught it as it rotated past the picture

Peter

 

Ray Churchill and fireman at Par back in 2012.
70013 'Oliver Cromwell' Par 12-08-2012 by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

 

Crewe Works finest...

 

Is that why all the photographers are pointing their cameras at the A4

Tom

 

The crew of a Class 38 enjoy a station stop in the Black Forest. Apologies for the low quality of what is a scan of a print. Worryingly it was taken 49 years ago this summer.

 

No, they're photographing the coach.

 

Wipeout!