010609 57603 crosses Saltash viaduct with the down sleeper |
010609 66115 passes Middleway crossing with the MO 1030 Goonbarrow-Fowey |
010609 66115 approaches Middleway crossing |
010609 A drive to Golant and 66115 is captured again |
020609 Yet another crystal clear morning!..57602 heads the down sleeper over the Royal Albert Bridge |
020609 Well everyone else seems to be doing it...60074 on 6B13 0510 Robeston-Westerleigh at Gatcombe. |
020609 Right behind 6B13 66141 6E35 0854 Margam-Lackenby at Gatcombe |
020609 Telephoto shot of 66074 passing Purton |
020609 Not sure how we managed to get here as we did not have the OS map with us antway not to bad 60085 6E41 Westerleigh-Lindsey near Badgworth |
020609 67017/67016 1400 Cardiff-Taunton at Brent Knoll |
020609 Its along story but this should have been at Brent Knoll,however as luck would have it we bagged it here..66078 6V62 Fawley-Tavi at Tiverton Parkway |
020609 66078 through a 200mm lens on Dainton |
020609 With the train usually getting held at Exeter for an hour or so this is possible.66078 again nearing Dainton summit |
020609 43131/43193 at Dainton 1506 Padd-Penz |
030609 With another reasonable forecast I had the urge to do 6B13 again.After a two and a half hour drive from Plymouth we arrived with seconds to spare as it was running 20 minites early.60074 on 6B13 at Gatcombe |
030609 60074 on 6B13 0510 Robeston-Westerleigh nears Westerleigh terminal. |
060609 What can you do? A terrible forecast but it had to be done!..37401 and 37670 pass Kingskerswell on the Paignton branch.With 1Z31 0534 Preston-Paignton railtour |
110609 Gutted when this happened...60040 6E41 11:41 Westerleigh-Lindsey at Coaley,however doesnt look to bad.Blue sky...small cloud..blue sky and guess when the train turned up |
110609 Hung around for this despite less than perfect light..37612 and 37605 6M67 ThO-Q 13:03 Bridgewater-Crewe at Coaley |
110609 Even 158's can look good in this!First of three workings throgh Purton in 15 minutes |
110609 Gone 1700 and I still hadnot taken a good shot until this...66116 6V36 (Q) 08:17 Lackenby-Margam at Purton |
110609 Going back to sea in a week or so and getting desperate for shots so when I got word that the NMT was running here it had to be tried..43062/43014 NMT at Purton 1Z23 1700 ex Cheltenham.Full dull 10 seconds before! |
110609 After seeing RVM's and RS shots of here this had to be done.150230 between Purton and Lydney |
110609 Still waiting for the main event , a class 170 heads north. |
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