railwaysofgb.com Updates-Photos-Videos-Audio Last update 08-10-12

Hi All,

To save me spamming this area of the forum the updates to The Railways of Great Britain - Home will be posted here. Any questions and/or comments about what you see on the site are most welcome.

Most recent update:
I have added more photos to the recent shots page:

www.railwaysofgb.com/recent-photos.html

(21-10-12)

Cheers,
Mark

 

Added 23 July-September 2012 steam photos:

Highlights from this period include:

- The Torbay Express with 70000
- The Weymouth Seaside Express with 70013
- The Royal Duchy with 70013
- The Scarborough Spa Express and Scarborough Flyer
- The Bath Spa Express with 70000
- The Mayflower with 4464 and 70000 to Plymouth
- The Jacobite with 44871
- The Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala

July-September - The Railways of Great Britain

Cheers,
Mark

 

Added audio of 5305 climbing Speeton bank with a railtour on 29th December 1982.

"Here is another one of John Tait's fantastic recordings,this time of Black Five,5305 powering up the 1 in 92 continuous grade from Bridlington to Speeton on the Hull to Scarborough line. 5305 passed the summit just beyond Speeton at a respectable 26mph with 10 coaches. Enjoy. "

5305,Speeton bank,29/12/82 - The Railways of Great Britain

 

In this 10 minute sequence we hear 60009 start the climb to Gleneagles at Dunning on the 1 in 121 gradient before "no.9" storms through Auchterarder on the continuous 1 in 100 gradient up to Gleneagles. Sounding a little off-beat 60009 does well to crest the summit at just over 30mph with load 13,almost 500tons hanging off the drawbar on a cold November evening in 1980.

Recorded by John Tait


60009,Gleneagles bank,29/11/1980 - The Railways of Great Britain

Cheers,
Mark

 

Only did the one trip with Number 9 in Scotland, Edinburgh to Aviemore in 1980/81. Sounded pretty lopsided on that run too. In fact at one stage she was as off beat as a knackered V2. Great climbs in both directions to Druimuachdar though.

 

Agree with you spamcan, did a run with no.9 in 1982, Waverley to Aberdeen and return, sounded awful, especially the return, more like a two cylinder with a bad cold, did the business though, but ran very late.

 

I'll upload the climb from Falkirk soon,that was very nearly not doing the business,seemed to slip on a wet/icy rail and beats all over the place as it gets going,still,it did the job!

 

New photos now added to the "Recent photos" page,these include shots by Oli Goodman at the WSR Autumn steam gala,the GCR Autumn Steam gala by me and a wonderful glint shot of 70000 near Brandon by Nigel Pitt.

Recent Photos - The Railways of Great Britain

Cheers,
Mark

 

I have added more photos to the recent shots page:

Recent Photos - The Railways of Great Britain

Cheers,
Mark

 

Been too busy to update this site recently but added a couple of new pages tonight.

Firstly,added Steam for October-December 2011 and 2012,these pages can be viewed at:

October-December 2011: October-December - The Railways of Great Britain

October-December 2012: October-December - The Railways of Great Britain

Enjoy,
Mark