classic33
Leg End Member
One for the "Greetland Triangle".
The Rail Enthusiast thread
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Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
- Location
- Back up north
I can see some kind of attraction in taking a ride pulled by a steam train, but you sit in a carriage and can't see the engine! Far better to do as you are and go and see them going past.
One of my best steam viewings - accidently! - was on a bike ride somewhere in the midlands - can;t remember exactly where. We stopped at a station on a steam line to visit the tea shop, sat outside in the sun with steam trains coming and going. And we were all enjoying the steam trains so much that when we had all finished our tea and cake and it was time to get on our bikes again, we all unanimously decided that actually, we really needed another round of tea and cake so we could sit and watch the trains for longer!
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
I like to sit near the rear so you can see the engine on curves. In my experience they break down.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Managed to catch 'Tangmere' at Temple Hirst junction this afternoon
Not the best place, due to the lines being on an embankment, but by the time I got there, it was too late to risk going elsewhere
Only time for 2 images too
Not the best place, due to the lines being on an embankment, but by the time I got there, it was too late to risk going elsewhere
Only time for 2 images too
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Exactly! Plus, the only steam trains I've been on had an annoying feature of "pulsing" as they were going along, in that you could feel the acceleration and then slight deceleration as they went along (and not just when first setting off when it was more noticeable)). Slightly disconcerting. No idea if you still had that effect if they were going top speed on a main line, but on both the Quainton & Nene Valley railways I noticed it.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
A late-running 'Tin Bath' yesterday afternoon, at Santingley Lane over-bridge, just south-east of Hare Park Junction
Galatea & 44871
Galatea & 44871
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
I had to do a doubletake when I arrived at Kings Cross today. There was a class 86 attached to the Caledonian Sleeper train at the next platform.
It turns out that the service has been running from Kings Cross instead of Euston for a week or so to accommodate engineering works on the west coast mainline.
Returning to Kings Cross with @User14044 we spotted a Festiniog Railway locomotive, Princess, in the mall area.
It turns out that the service has been running from Kings Cross instead of Euston for a week or so to accommodate engineering works on the west coast mainline.
Returning to Kings Cross with @User14044 we spotted a Festiniog Railway locomotive, Princess, in the mall area.
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
Returning to Kings Cross with @User14044 we spotted a Festiniog Railway locomotive, Princess, in the mall area.
Even princesses travel by train these days.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
No Dragon, & a different colour.................
classic33
Leg End Member
Doncaster?
Not quite. I said home turf, not place of birth.
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Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Haven't seen any schedule published
The departure, from Kings Cross, was reported on Radio 4 news at 08:00
The departure, from Kings Cross, was reported on Radio 4 news at 08:00
