Thursday - Well, Class 47 No. 47245 passed through Cowdenbeath with the A4/K4 Support Coach Heading to Thornton. No. 61994 was being steamed that night in preperation for the engine movement on the Friday from Thornton to Bo'ness. It was difficult to get good shots because of dying light....so any shots with good sky effects made the locomotives tooo dark on photos, and any with sufficient brightness on the locomotives made the sky tooo light and brand. But luckily, a miracle happenned ( abliet without a tripod ) that i managed to get two photos with different exposures in the exact same position....so when doctored and mixed gives a great end result:
And The Rest : http://jonathonag.fotopic.net/c1361316.html
Friday - Friday morning the K4 was to be towed with support coach by the same 47 which featured from the previous day. Luckily I had the orthodentist on the Friday morning so had a bit of time after it to go see the movement at Burntisland. The convoy sounded great as it passed, 61994 whistling ever so loudly:
More Here: http://jonathonag.fotopic.net/c1361326.html
Saturday - The first day of the West Highlander.....got off on a very bad foot....or should that be very bad footing from the K4. Due To A Slippage On The Way To Helensburgh, Which Resulted In The Train Running Close To 2 Hours Down From Then Onwards. And Because Of This, Paths Were Lost So The Mallaig Sections Were To Run 4 Hours Behind Schedule. This Late Timing, Plus Bad Weather Plus Family Commitments...Led To Not Many Photographs....Compared To The Many We Had Planned To Do If It Were To Time. However, did get some nice photos and it was great seeing "The West Highland Moguls both in the same day, same place. Would have been nicer seeing them this morning at Fort Bill in the yard both facing the same direction and perhaps lined up beside each other. Oh well:
the collection of photos can be seen here, includes some nice arty ones: http://jonathonag.fotopic.net/c1361359.html
Sunday - Well....if I'm honest, I haven't seen "The Great Marquess" yet today. This is only because I wasn't able to follow Day 2 of "The West Highlander". However, she is scheduled to come through Cowdenbeath tonight so I'll report back here and complete my four day guide to following the K4 once I have seen her. Not saying what the plans are for where I'll see her tonight however....I'll leave that as a surprise
