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rogerzilla

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A friend sent this photo from his train yesterday - if you zoom in, it's the rare sight of a saddle tank pushing a coal wagon up to the coaling stage at Didcot Railway Centre.
 

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T4tomo

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Bit controversial posting this as.no train involved
This is the back of the old Zetland hotel in Saltburn, that had a small extension line from Saltburn station run into the back of it and it's own private platform. You could step of the train straight into the hotel!
 

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albion

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Saltburn still gets the standard announcement saying beware of fast trains passing through.
Before it became a terminus it also had a subway.
 
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rogerzilla

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The Colas Rail livery is pretty nasty. The old Load Haul livery also used orange (which clashes with the yellow ends) but carried it off better due to the shade, and the huge amount of black.
 
Visited the Victorian Goldfields Railway which runs on an old branch line of about 20kms.

J class loco just out shopped after an eighteen month overhaul.

The two rolling stock items are claimed to be 140 years old and only get an outing very infrequently due to their age. Those seats are not comfortable!
 

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rogerzilla

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The 66 is for haulage and the 73 is for hotel power, I think. I vaguely remember seeing the sleeper with two 73s instead, although that might not have been the Fort William section. Despite having 2000hp of power, it seems 50/50 whether you'll get a hot shower on the train!
 

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