THE SWANAGE BELLE, Thu 16th June

Tangmere and friend down at top of Parkstone Bank at 1255 running easily a few minutes ahead of time. 37516 does idle noisily! DH

 

Heres is a video i found on the net, decided to stay in bed this am afraid of the rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEczBJ9tuVc

 

You were obviously in the same place as me!

 

Yes Ron. Shame they don't seem to path the return trips to stop at Winchfield at present. Basingstoke is a little more awkward to park at and access.

 

I shall probably just go to Fleet; it's a tad nearer than Basingstoke.

 

passed through woking bang on time, shall post up a pic in a bit

 

She passed through Andover 6 minutes early. It was grand to see her in all her splender whistling (literally) through Andover, especially after all her recent issues. It was clear by the way that the 37 was there just for the ride & doing nothing! She's not my favourite looking loco, but when you see her at speed & hear that whistle you can't help but admire her Also, I took notice of peoples comments on the pan or not to pan thread, hence I chose not to pan for a change.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y13HlB7rJw

 

I managed to capture something in the available light as 34067 passes through Ashford Middlesex http://stephenleek.smugmug.com/Rail...Steam-2011/17580045_BxQB2R#1340644734_bFqbXrV

 

Very nice; it just goes to show that even when the light is failing it's still worth having a go.

I had a bit more light at Fleet. Not a lot, but, with a little subsequent help from Photoshop, enough to record the train's passing. As with this morning's pictures, they are on my Flickr site in the 'Main Line Steam' set :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/sets/72157626183455363/

or you can see them in the main Photostream :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/

Hope that they are of interest.

 

Malc you may well be right,37516 is certainly a noisy beast! Good to hear that it wasnt doing much on the return trip

 

Just glad to see all went well..........nice video........always like to hear that exhaust...........

 

As promised my photos from last night:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewtomsphotography/5842322790/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewtomsphotography/5842323358/in/photostream

really good to see Tangmere back in fine form

 

Staines last night.
http://neilmorgan.zenfolio.com/p774472769/h16fbbc9#h16fbbc9

 

Thanks for taking the trouble to post a comment on my low light effort.It was good to see Tangmere performing so well.
I have bookmarked your site.

Stephen