Weardale Railway opening weekend!

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 4:08 pm

Here is the first shots of Weardale for you all

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No:49 runs past Wolsingham with Empty Coaching stock for the openiong train, 2392 on the rear.

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No:49 on the empty train again approaching Frosterley after a stop to close the crossing gates.

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2392 makes history as it leads the first official passenger train out of Stanhope for 10 years

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No:49 brings up the rear of the first train

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No:49 puts in a stirling performance (just as it did all day) on its way out of Wolsingham.

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2392 bringing up the rear of the above working.

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The sun finally came out at the end of the day, 2392 rolls past the outskirts of Stanhope on its way to Frosterley

TOMMO79 · Post by **TOMMO79** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:54 pm

Nice pics Eddie, Shame about the weather though. I saw a few minutes of the opening on the news tonight. I noticed the railway monthly van go bombing past in one shot so hopefully I'll get to see a bit more again soon. I'll have to take a trip up there myself now it's up and running.

phat2003uk · Post by **phat2003uk** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 7:39 pm

Nice photos Eddie!

Post by **martinhodgson** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:01 pm

Nice pics! Shame about that July weather though

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:40 pm

TOMMO79 wrote:I noticed the railway monthly van go bombing past in one shot so hopefully I'll get to see a bit more again soon.

Yes you will

, I was talking to Mark Found (the presenter) at the crossing in the 5th and 6th shot, really nice guy

. Started my subscription tonight purely to get issue 3 for the Weardale

martinhodgson wrote:Nice pics! Shame about that July weather though

It was to be expected really, been really nice all week so it was bound to rain today

Vikingbrit · Post by **Vikingbrit** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:52 am

You seemed a bit near on that trainbridge, good stuff

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:54 am

Vikingbrit wrote:You seemed a bit near on that trainbridge, good stuff

The line curves away at this point, I was a good few feet away from the actual train when it passed me, the camera zoom makes me look closer then I actually was

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eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:56 am

Stand by for some more pics today. Due to a VAST improvement in the weather (its wonderful sunshine here today) I am back off up there to try and get some more sunshine pics

Vikingbrit · Post by **Vikingbrit** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:06 am

What camera are you using for these shots?, because they seem very sharp they look like a DVD

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:54 pm

Kodak Easyshare CX6330, 3.1megapixels

. Got it for xmas so am starting to learn how to get the best out of it at last, few more trips up weardale should have it sorted

. It brings the pics out in 2032 x 1524 resolution, but I reduce the size to 38% of the original for uploading (brings it in just under 800 x 600).

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:10 pm

Here is some pics from yesterday (Sunday 18th) as you can see the wather was better for it then the Saturday

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No:49 leads the way on the run towards Stanhope, 1 of the few good spots left on the line

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2392 leads the way on the next working seen at the same spot.

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No:49 again leading the way on the outskirts of Wolsingham.

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2392 brings up the rear of the above train with my dad in the foreground.

Thats all from Weardaler for now, don't know when I'm next going up as I don't even know if steam is still running or for how long.

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:33 am

Head back up there Eddie, as far as I know 2392 is there for the rest of the season. Don't quote me on it though!

David