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Bloke with a camera
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LMS Stanier Black 5 45212 through Arnside Station a few nights back with the returning Northern Belle Railtour down the Cumbrian coast.
Black 5 in the night
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hollydolly
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Ahhhh ! Blissful.... superb.. excellence...
horseless carriage
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As soon as I saw the title I knew exactly what this thread was about. Flashback to school days, or maybe it was college. In a written English exam I was writing a piece about the subject matter that we had been given. The title being the demise of steam technology.
In my precis I had written:
"Standing close to the edge of a trembling platform as one hundred and fifteen tons of Sir William Stanier's technology thunders through at high speed is an adrenaline rush like no other." My paper came back with that sentence highlighted and a small annotation that read: "Nicely put, so original, well done."
Fabulous photo -Oy- it captures that lost image of steam power, perfectly.
In my precis I had written:
"Standing close to the edge of a trembling platform as one hundred and fifteen tons of Sir William Stanier's technology thunders through at high speed is an adrenaline rush like no other." My paper came back with that sentence highlighted and a small annotation that read: "Nicely put, so original, well done."
Fabulous photo -Oy- it captures that lost image of steam power, perfectly.
-Oy-
Bloke with a camera
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- Lancashire
That's just the other side of the bay from us
horseless carriage
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The Royal Duchy train, hauled by Tangmere, one of the Battle of Britain class locomotives, along the Dawlish sea wall.
Not my photo I hasten to add, sadly I don't have the talent of -Oy- but I do enjoy seeing steam technology.
Tish
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- Rural N.S.W. Australia
horseless carriage
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Well for you Tish and anyone else that still likes to reminisce the steam engine era of the railways, this the photo of Hercules the Engine on the day he photobombed my wife and I. Not that we were objecting.
FastTrax
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Yes Tish. I never appreciated the massive power yet elegance of Steam power until I saw the UP Big Boy.
horseless carriage
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There is,of course, one train that is famous worldwide. It's even featured in a James Bond film: "From Russia With Love." It is:
Now if you are going to do The Orient Express, do it under steam power.
Nothing like your own reservation in a Pullman Carriage.
Can't think of a better way to celebrate 50 years, our golden wedding.
What a magnificent train. I have many photos, the jazz band that played on the platform, our personal waiter, the carriage interior and fellow passengers who, like us, dressed the part. Of course there's also many a picture of that beautiful engine.
Now if you are going to do The Orient Express, do it under steam power.
Nothing like your own reservation in a Pullman Carriage.
Can't think of a better way to celebrate 50 years, our golden wedding.
What a magnificent train. I have many photos, the jazz band that played on the platform, our personal waiter, the carriage interior and fellow passengers who, like us, dressed the part. Of course there's also many a picture of that beautiful engine.