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The Winter Cumbrian Mountain 30th December.

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by RalphW, Oct 6, 2009.

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  1. belle1

    belle1 Part of the furniture Moderator

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    I like the clips of the climb towards Ais Gill Ralph with the decent covering of snow and the exhaust being carried by the wind.

    Neil.
     
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  2. Mike30A

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    Sorry if I've missed this, but was Frank Santrian on the footplate yesterday?
     
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    Yes,i believe,i was told it was his last turn?
     
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    Cracking pictures and footage guys in difficult conditions ,here's my attempt from yesterday first off at a bitterly cold and windy Horwich Parkway then for the return at Bolton after being challenged by Northern rail about filming on the platform .
    many thanks to Ralph for the updates during the day much appreciated .

    Dave

    [video=youtube;SRM8ofMaWJU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRM8ofMaWJU[/video]
     
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  6. 8A Rail

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    As I understand on the Northbound run over Shap to Carlisle.
     
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    A good account by pjhliners. of an excellent trip made all the more enjoyable by sitting at the same table tracking the trip by GPS. Good to have met you Peter and here's to 2010 and more mainline trips.
    Regards
    Brian Gillman
     
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    Thanks, Brian. I enjoyed the company of you guys as well.

    Happy steaming in 2010!

    Peter, on a cold moonlit Manchester night
    http://pjhrailpics.fotopic.net
     
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  10. RalphW

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    You are right Brian that's a good one.
     
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    Looked like a fantastic trip in erm 'challenging' weather conditions.

    Saw north through lancaster (with what seemed to be halkf the population of north Lancs), was the fastest I have ever seen something go through northbound (for reasons that someone can no doubt explain the norm is slow north and fast south!).

    Then managed to extract myself from the pub to view south through Horton again at a good speed - we were the only ones on the station in the freezing wind so the whistle wasa nice touch!

    Credit to all!
     
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  12. willig

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    I have a shot here at Bolton at 08:20am. Just as it rolled into the platform, a dmu entered my platform and completely masked any chance of a shot until it had passed and the locos had rolled to a halt!! How often does that happen? (All too frequently, with my luck)

    http://graham-williams.fotopic.net/p62768274.html
     
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    thanks for the link to the guardian story 'in-praise-of-settle-carlisle-line' by Michael Portillo, unlikely supporter.

    Michael Portillo will be on BBC2 tonight and the next few nights visiting railways, see:-
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00psx88
    from 'George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook'. I saw a series with an actor following the same book, I think it was the garrows law bloke who also appears in cranford which features the Foxfield railway at the moment. slightly off topic but refers to link in this thread.
     
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