Winter CMEs 2013

A lovely crisp image.

 

Thank you for the very kind comment , I wanted to film at Cotehill in the snow even though I have filmed there before but like you say not many telegraph poles about now . Regards Steve

 

One of the finest Shap video sequences I think I have ever seen! Well done, too, for selecting such a well suited spot for the conditions!
Which fool was it at the BBC weather centre who had, at one stage, predicted fog in the area throughout the morning?!! Perhaps that was why there were only 6 of us at Docker on Grayrigg ... although the virually impassable roads in the area may also have had something to do with that!

Birkett? Yes ... well ... I think we all knew that it was going to be grim up there and your shot certainly summed up the conditions just as they really were. To listen to the noise alone, just up the line at Smardale, was worth it.

 

Snow To Settle by JonathonAG, on Flickr

My own effort from Armwathwaite yesterday afternoon. That, and a trip to Ribblehead before the tour came down the S&C, was worth the 400 mile round trip from home!

 

Two pics from Yesterday, superb display from the two 5s.
Bay Horse - Zenfolio | TODAYS RAILWAY SCENE by Phil Metcalfe | Mainline Steam 2013 | 44871 & 45407 pass Bay Horse on 27.1.13 with the first of the years CME.
Docker - http://philmetcalfe.zenfolio.com/p48649454/h537daed0#h537daed0

 

Cracking stuff Steve and Phil, a good start to the new season

 

Thanks Shep , I agree it was a cracking start and with 60009 doing Saturdays CME over Shap things are looking good .

 

Thanks Shep, hopefully the same weather for the next month!!

 

Great stuff Jonathon

Steven
www.crozierphotography.co.uk

 

A little something I've been working on lately, a blog about the days out involved when having to go out for steam ( as some of you know it's not been quite on my doorstep to get to the railtours ), and so here is yesterday's story about the day out to the S&C :

Snow, Beer And A Couple Of Black 5′s « The 21st Century Railwaymen

And if anybody is wondering, the pub mentioned in Armathwaite, I'm sure is called The Dukes Head Inn?

 

That would be correct! There is also the Fox and Pheasant over the bridge.

 

If you want to see something special then look at David Horner shot on his FLICKR site....now this is something else IMHO.

Winter Steam | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Simon

 

Thank you very much, Shap was stunning just to watch! I also managed one photograph: 44871 and 45407 Conquer Shap

 

Why no link to THIS belter Tony?

 

Sorry for missing this link Toni and other members

Black 5s attack Shap Bank | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

Video from Chorley, Shap & the S&C now up:

[video=youtube;fyiAbEhuqfg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyiAbEhuqfg[/video]

 

Many thanks for the excellent scenes from the day - and for showing the conditions which you met on the S&C; it's bad enough a spot to reach on a good day but with that depth of virgin snow you have my admiration ! Hope you both got back safely to the car and had no further trouble getting home.

 

Don't open the attached if you like counting bufferbeam rivets

Salterwarth approach 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Salterwath approach | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Sun and cloud on shap | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

10F photter

 

Thanks Fred; yes safely back to the car in time for the football results