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62712 Morayshire Coming Back To England In The Autumn 2014

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door YoungRailwayMan, 21 jun 2014.

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  1. polmadie

    polmadie Well-Known Member

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    I have done it twice for photo charters. I enjoyed both and was made very welcome on both so it was well worth the time and effort and the expense.
     
    polmadie, 24 jun 2014
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  2. John Petley

    John Petley Part of the furniture

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    Well, I'll own up and admit that you have a point, Jonathan. 25 years ago, it was very different. Steam over the third rail just didn't happen and it still looked unlikely it ever would. Scotland saw more main line steam than Surrey or Sussex. Now we do very well if we're honest. Same with the heritage railway scene. How often have I thought how good it would be to see a particular engine or class in the south of England and lo and behold, it pops up somewhere not too far away. eventually

    The net result is for me personally, I don't tend to travel too far for steam. I might do Haworth and back in a day (a round trip of about 300-350 miles from here) to see and travel behind 34092, one of my favourite locos, but Scotland just seems too much of a marathon from down here, even though I always enjoy photos of the "Jacobite" when they appear in the railway periodicals, so yes, I'm spoilt.
     
    John Petley, 25 jun 2014
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  3. black5

    black5 Well-Known Member

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    On its way back up now, just followed it for a couple of miles on the M6.
     
    black5, 14 okt 2014
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  4. Spamcan81

    Spamcan81 Nat Pres stalwart

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    Or organise your own? They do say if you want a job doing well, do it yourself.
     
    Spamcan81, 14 okt 2014
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  5. 34014

    34014 Member

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    Lol; all of you guys have it easy. Next year i'm making the journey from Chiang Mai to ride The Jacobite and visit all possible Scottish steam venue's, as the last time i visited Aviemore etc was about 20 years ago, so i thought enough time had passed. I've calculated that by the time i return home i will have covered around 16,000 miles, all for the love of British steam, plus the odd visit to relatives etc.

    Poses an intriguing question actually....who on the forum has travelled the farthest to rub shoulders with British steam ?
     
    34014, 15 okt 2014
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  6. Muzza

    Muzza New Member

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    I have had to travel from Australia to see British steam (although 4472 did come to us at one point). Fortunately, I've been able to make the trip more than a dozen times and I'm still not bored with it.
    Next year, I've been asked to lead a group tour of Britain's preseved railways & museums - looking forward to that.
     
    Muzza, 15 okt 2014
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  7. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    I have spent much of the last 7 months trying to organise some north of the border dates . The railway concerned has been evasive and really rather difficult to deal with to the point where in all honesty why am i bothering

    needless to say I've wondered if its me , but was at least heartened when one line came to me and said complemented on how nice I was to deal with
     
    Sidmouth, 15 okt 2014
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  8. 34014

    34014 Member

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    Well done; reckon you must be the record holder. Maybe we will bump into each other somewhere on the circuit next year !
     
    34014, 15 okt 2014
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