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City of Truro, ocean mail 100, Dawlish
Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 6:42 pm
by wookey
well, managed to get down to Dawlish sea wall earlier today, was great to see the old girl out on the mainline and not in a museum
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running well too, 7 on i think and looking very much on the upper end of the 75mph limit
great sight.
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 7:07 pm
by mjt222
Looks bl**dy lovely mate, nice shot as well
Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 9:09 pm
by eddief
nice to see her back where she belongs
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:10 am
by colinjamesporter
I went to temple meads to see here leave though the platform was empty as everyone who was there went on the train any way whos going to try to see her return on monday
thanks colin
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 12:26 pm
by jdjonny
These photos are kind of ., because I was on the train, and therefore couldnt really phot it from any decent locations
They're low resolution too, the full size ones take ages to upload.
Anyway, heres my pics:
3440 arrives ECS at Bristol, having come from the nearby Barton Hill depot
Fuel stop at Taunton
Nameplates
Taunton again - there's a TV reporter on the footplate
3440 at Exeter - the platform was totally packed
the COT coasting into Paington
Paington II - look at how busy it is!
37197 arrives light engine at Paington to work the tour back
197 heading towards kingswear
3440 ran back from kingswear, along the preserved P&D line, to Painton. Photo taken from the window of the preserved line's coaching stock.
Raking out the smokebox
37197 awaits departure from kingswear
37197, having arrived at Exeter St Davids after a storming run through Dawlish, is ready to go
Enjoy
JDJonny
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 12:41 pm
by martinhodgson
Great pics!
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 12:48 pm
by simont
Nice pictures. I wish I'd known about this!
Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 6:54 pm
by wookey
excellent, cheers for the comments guys
and pics jonny
yea, its great to see her out on the mainline.
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:38 pm
by copkeir
real nice photography mates but one thimg that gets right on my nerves
is that blooming white halergen lamp on the front of steam engines :snipersmile:
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 5:11 pm
by eddief
copkeir wrote:real nice photography mates but one thimg that gets right on my nerves
is that blooming white halergen lamp on the front of steam engines :snipersmile:
SAdly it is a requirement these days
. MHR have the right idea, they hide 1 behind a Soutern route disc with a hole in it, think we need someone to find a way of doing a siillar thing for non Southern engines.
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 5:26 pm
by jdjonny
eddief wrote:copkeir wrote:real nice photography mates but one thimg that gets right on my nerves
is that blooming white halergen lamp on the front of steam engines :snipersmile:
SAdly it is a requirement these days
. MHR have the right idea, they hide 1 behind a Soutern route disc with a hole in it, think we need someone to find a way of doing a siillar thing for non Southern engines.
Fit group-standard hallogen (class 66 style) light clusters to it
It doesnt look too bad if the light is off-centre, but if it is in the middle your attention is naturally drawn to it..
See she was on the westcountry (spotlight) news last night at Exeter.. big up the interviewees..
JDJonny