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Picture of the week: Midford

Alan Ledger October 23, 2014

For Somerset and Dorset fans here is Southern West Country class 34041 Wilton and BR Standard 73052 coming off the single line from Bath Junction at Midford with a southbound express for Bournemouth. The Pacific is carrying the old Somerset and Dorset express head code even though it’s 12 years since nationalisation and change, they just wouldn’t change around here for anyone! The lamps should both be over the buffers. Just look at that wonderful S&DJR signal on the lattice

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Picture of the week: South Africa

Alan Ledger October 16, 2014

I have sent this one to show the grandeur of the scenery rather than the train itself. So here we have a South African 4-8-2 class 19B 1410 (it looks very smart but they never seemed to clean the tenders for some reason) working the 09.00 freight from Rosemead to Graff Reinet which is drifting down hill from Lootsberg a lonely isolated passing point on the summit of this line. The train will have been assisted in the rear by

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Picture of the week: South Africa

Alan Ledger October 16, 2014

I have sent this one to show the grandeur of the scenery rather than the train itself. So here we have a South African 4-8-2 class 19B 1410 (it looks very smart but they never seemed to clean the tenders for some reason) working the 09.00 freight from Rosemead to Graff Reinet which is drifting down hill from Lootsberg a lonely isolated passing point on the summit of this line. The train will have been assisted in the rear by

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Picture of the Week: 292 Ferradosa Portugal

Alan Ledger October 2, 2014

Never mind the train look at the spectacular scenery, we are back at Ferradosa in the wild parts of the Duero valley in Portugal. Look closely at the tunnel this had been hewn out of solid rock. The two cracks either side of the large slab above the tunnel could have been cased when explosives had been used in its construction. It looks like it’s about to slide off! The location and position for this photograph was a master piece

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Picture of the Week: 35030 at Waterloo

Alan Ledger September 25, 2014

An O.S. Bullied rebuilt Merchant Navy 4-6-2 35030 Elder Dempster Lines waits for the off on a perfect morning in London at Waterloo station with the down ACE. It’s home depot at the time was 70A Nine Elms and the staff there have made a great job of turning the engine out in fine condition. It will take the train to Exeter Central where here it will be divide and head off in different directions into Devon and Cornwall, soon

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Picture of the Week: Lathen

Alan Ledger September 11, 2014

West German 3 cylinder oil burning Pacific 012-061. One of Rheine’s long time allocation. (A number of displaced engines from Hamburg Altona depot that were in good order had recent been transferred to replace Rheine’s dwindling stock.) Here it is thrashing along in full cry south of Lathen northern Germany making up lost time with the heavy 08.25 Koln (Cologne) to Norddeich express which it will have worked from Munster. This was before the overhead wires went up which was

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Picture of the Week: Garsten

Alan Ledger August 14, 2014

The Garsten narrow gauge Austria. This line was situated off the standard gauge Enns to Leoben Line south of Linz near the town of Steyr and passed through quiet backwaters as far as Klaus. A daily freight train ran to here but the passenger service from Garsten now terminated at Molln, a small village on the river Steyr, the line followed the river all the way. 0-6-2 tank 298-52 is working the 06.10 from Garsten to Aschach on a perfect

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Picture of the Week: Carlisle

Alan Ledger August 7, 2014

If you have been to the pub down the drive from Ribblehead station on the Settle and Carlisle line this is the view from the loo. (the loo with a view) The late afternoon sun shines from the west on Ribblehead Viaduct casting long shadows on the valley below as a Standard 9F 2-10-0 with steam on approaches with a southbound freight from Carlisle. The distant signal for Blea Moor signal box is off in the opposite direction and seen

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Picture of the week: East German 2-10-0 Class 44

Alan Ledger July 31, 2014

A night time picture of an East German 3 cylinder oil fired 2-10-0 class 44. Here is 44-0233 standing at Saalfeld late at night with its burners roaring away getting steam up ready for the long climb out to the steel works at Unterwellanbourn on the line to Gera with a heavy freight of casting sand. There will be a banker at the rear for the long haul ahead. Tuesday 21st April 1981.

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46233 Duchess of Sutherland at Birmingham

Alan Ledger June 28, 2014

46233 Duchess of Sutherland pulling into New Street today going to Euston Via Soho and Aston. Also at Berkswell, not a great shot here, my usual position has been sterilized by palisade fencing! There will be another picture later this week, thought I was going on holiday on Monday, memory loss. Regards Ledg.

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Picture of the week: 77-22/17 Vienna Nord Depot.

Alan Ledger June 27, 2014

Day late this week, been to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for a few days. In the gloom of Vienna Nord depot shafts of sunlight stream down from the roof onto the shed floor. 77-22 an Austrian 4-6-2 tank is ready for the rush hour service out into the suburbs from Vienna Pratterstern station. Another engine behind of the same class, 77-17 is lit up by the rays of sun and is also being pre paired for the evening service

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Picture of the week: I.O.W 02 Tank

Alan Ledger June 19, 2014

An 1898 (rebuild for the Isle of White) Adams 02 0-4-4 Tank comes off Ryde Pier silhouetted by a glorious sun set in the west along with a reflection in the water. It was also sunset for steam on the Isle of White, the London Underground stock would soon arrive and replace them. The last remaining run down steam engines carried on valiantly whilst the third rail was installed on the last line to be in use to Shanklin. It

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