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Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by 2857Harry, Aug 13, 2025.

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  1. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    ......and why not, of course. It was good to see Eddystone out and about on the Bournemouth route and although a long day with a rather tortuously long pull back, everything seems to have gone to plan.

    Let's hope that Eddystone will be around for other Sussex/Kent trips over the coming month.
     
    Big Al, Oct 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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    Short record shot of Eddystone passing Wimbledon just before sunrise this morning:
     
    TheModster, Oct 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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    Elm Road bridge. I know it well. That footpath on the left remains a half decent vantage point but like everywhere else time has not been helpful with the vegetation.
     
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    [​IMG]

    On the blocks for the first time in ..?
     
    Will RL, Oct 18, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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    Hardly just a record shot - a nice scene (do you live nearby I wonder?). My late father took me train-spotting at that bridge as a child, when we lived in New Malden. My first-ever unit 'marked off' was a 4CEP, I recall, from the period when some were on loan to the SWD, I believe. One little thing from the video amuses - the woman striding across the bridge ignores the train completely! I found the same at Byfleet yesterday where two women were chatting on the other platform and didn't even turn for the noisy steam passing! It never ceases to amaze me how unobservant (or just plain uninterested in the unusual) so many people are.
     
    Deepgreen, Oct 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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    Indeed so. A tiny point - in replying here I see that your post was no. 2,999,999. Impressive that this forum has had so many, or do the post numbers not start from 1?
     
    Deepgreen, Oct 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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