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As is always the way with steam charters, for some reason people think this gives them carte blanche to stand wherever the hell they like to get a photo. At Vigo bridge there were around 20 people trespassing within sight and I suspect at least double that for this 2 mile climb from Bromsgrove | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (483) |
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A closer view as 'The Duke' gets to grips with it's 13 coach train, helped by 66050 shocing at the rear. Even for a double kilchap exhaust it made a very loud roar | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (297) |
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Despite the poor light it's worth noting the sheer scale of the structure, which easily belittles a train consisting of 2 locos and 13 coaches | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (172) |
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From Barnt Green the charter went via Lifford, Nuneaton, Leicester, Oakham and then this magnifiecent viaduct at Seaton/Harringworth | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (172) |
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BR 8P 4-6-2 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' battles the infamous gradient of the Lickey incline with a train from Gloucester to London Waterloo via a torturous route | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (108) |
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Well now, how's this for spoiling both a livery and a unit all at once??? | Photoshop imagination | (68) |
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The driver receives his last instructions before departing the terminus | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (65) |
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If you could remove the person it would be hard to tell the difference between a model and a real loco | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (55) |
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This is how the original shot I took of 6201 'Princess Elizabeth' laeding 'The Midlander' away from Birmingham New Street looked. how cruel of the LM 323 | July 2010 | (50) |
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The same shot in black and white | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (46) |
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Thanks to the wonders of Adobe's Photoshop, I was able to rewrite the timing of that 323 and make this unforgettable image of an unforgettable moment in Birmingham New Streets history. | July 2010 | (41) |
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This station is an intermediate stop used for people wanting a walk or a picnic in the large field behind the loco. The train is seen at the end of the loop ready to join the single line back to the terminus | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (36) |
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A closer view of the train coming down the straight track | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (34) |
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Here is a gauge 1 version of a Freightliner Class 66 | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (33) |
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And how's about this, if rumours are to be believed this may well be on the cards! And through my crystal ball I had done this over a year ago. It's not truly accurate however, because if it's Arriva this would have turned round at Cheltenham and would not be seen here. | Photoshop imagination | (32) |
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Another possible solution to summer timetable overcrowding on the XC network as a pair of Class 47s hired from Riviera Trains climb the Lickey | Photoshop imagination | (31) |
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Another slight climb is evident as the loco brings the train out of the tight curves from the terminus, which is very reminiscent of Porthmadog on the Ffestiniog railway | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (31) |
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The only real workout the loco gets is on two climbs, the first being this climb up to a tunnel (as is the case with light railways, the tunnel is just cosmetic) | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (28) |
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We had a visit to the Evesham Vale Light Railway, and I was very impressed with the little run and this slightly overpowered loco | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (28) |
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The loco is seen again as it crests the sunmmit and approaches the tunnel | Recent updates or re-edited shots | (27) |
