City of Truro, ocean mail 100, Dawlish

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Sat May 08, 2004 6:42 pm

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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mjt222 · Post by **mjt222** » Sat May 08, 2004 7:07 pm

Looks bl**dy lovely mate, nice shot as well

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sat May 08, 2004 9:09 pm

nice to see her back where she belongs

colinjamesporter · Post by **colinjamesporter** » Sun May 09, 2004 9:10 am

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

jdjonny · Post by **jdjonny** » Sun May 09, 2004 12:26 pm

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

Post by **martinhodgson** » Sun May 09, 2004 12:41 pm

Great pics!

simont · Post by **simont** » Sun May 09, 2004 12:48 pm

Nice pictures. I wish I'd known about this!

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Sun May 09, 2004 6:54 pm

excellent, cheers for the comments guys

and pics jonny

yea, its great to see her out on the mainline.

copkeir · Post by **copkeir** » Tue May 11, 2004 3:38 pm

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:

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:11 pm

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.

jdjonny · Post by **jdjonny** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:26 pm

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