Busy Peterborough - 18th August 1999 - 47 drags, a Deltic, an 86, lots of 56s, 58s, 60s...
What turned into an eventful day's trainspotting at Peterborough station one Saturday in August 1999. Also plenty of variety, don't know what its like these days...
Of note:
90024 on GNER train to Leeds
47778 'Irresistible' on Doncaster-Ely Enterprise
86210 'CIT 75th Anniversary' failed with Pride of Nation stock on private charter to York races.
66082 rescues 86
D9009 'Alycidon' on VSOE also to York races
47788 'Capt Peter Manisty' on southbound thunderbird duties with Mk4 set in tow
58037 on Middleton sand train
560xx reversed grey on cargowaggons
60024 on Redland/La Farge self discharge train
08714 'Cambridge' on depot
47778 return enterprise from Ely
90024 returns
56068 on King's Cross empty plasmor blocks
66094 intermodals to Wembley (?)
47289 Freightliner to Ipswich
56090 light to Wisbech
58020 'Doncaster Works' Redlands from either Norwich or Kennet
66054 light towards London
47640 'University of Strathclyde' on southbound thunderbird with GNER Mk4 set in tow
47789 'Lindisfarne' light engine north at high speed
47788 light engine north thro platform
58012 light from March to depot
56090 with Wisbech petfood train
47270 Felixstowe bound liner
47778 again with PoN charter (previous 86 failure)
57006 with Leeds bound liner
All in all, a busy day!
How times have changed... as of September 2013...
47778, 47789, 56068, 47289, 56090, have been scrapped
47788 stored unserviceable, 58012 likewise, 58037 ditto but minus bogies
86210 has a new life with Serco as 86902. 47270 is blue and lives on the Nene Valley railway.
58020 is sunning it up in Spain. 90024 is painted in garish First Scotrail colours!
Upper Runcorn
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Smokestack live in Runcorn, Johnny be good
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Runcorn/Widnes Bridge
On the Runcorn/Widnes bridge
Places to see in ( Winsford - UK )
Places to see in ( Winsford - UK )
Winsford is a town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the River Weaver south of Northwich and west of Middlewich, and grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the 18th century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the Port of Runcorn on the River Mersey.
Winsford is split into three neighbourhoods: Over on the western side of the River Weaver, Wharton on the eastern side, and Swanlow and Dene, as shown on the official map of Winsford in the Town Council Office in Wyvern House. Many Winsfordians consider the town to be the heart of Cheshire however other towns in Cheshire also claim this title
From the 1830s, salt became important to Winsford, partly because the salt mines under Northwich had begun to collapse and another source of salt near the River Weaver was needed. A new source was discovered in Winsford, leading to the development of a salt industry along the course of the River Weaver, where many factories were established. As a result, a new town developed within 1 mi (2 km) of the old Borough of Over which had been focused on Delamere Street.
The United Kingdom's largest rock salt (halite) mine is at Winsford. It is one of only three places where rock salt is commercially mined in the United Kingdom, the others being at Boulby Mine, North Yorkshire, and Kilroot, near Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.
Rock salt was laid down in this part of North West England 220 million years ago, during the Triassic geological period. Seawater moved inland from an open sea, creating a chain of shallow salt marshes across what is today the Cheshire basin. As the marshes evaporated, deep deposits of rock salt were formed.
One of the most popular local stories is that St Chad's Church was built in Over Square, but the devil was so angry at the people's use of it that he decided to fly off with it. The monks at Vale Royal Abbey were said to have seen him and rung the abbey bells so that it was dropped at its current location. The Winsford Flashes are the town's most notable geographical feature. Parts of the Knights Grange pub, Grange Lane, which was once a farmhouse and belonged to Vale Royal Abbey, were built in the 17th century.
Winsford railway station, on the Liverpool to Birmingham main line, is one mile (1.5 km) east of the centre of the town, in Wharton. The town at one time had two other railway stations: Winsford and Over, on a branch from the Mid-Cheshire Line near Cuddington, and Over and Wharton, on a branch from the Liverpool to Birmingham line.
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Places to see in ( Ruthin - UK )
Places to see in ( Ruthin - UK )
Ruthin is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd – the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of the River Clwyd. Ruthin also has villages on the outskirts of the town such as Pwllglas and Rhewl.
The name 'Ruthin' comes from the Welsh words rhudd (red) and din (fort), and refers to the colour of the new red sandstone which forms the geologic basis of the area, and from which the castle was constructed in 1277–84. The original name of Ruthin was 'Castell Coch yng Ngwern-fôr' (red castle in the sea-swamps). The town developed around the castle and the nearby mill. Maen Huail is a registered ancient monument attributed to the brother of Gildas and King Arthur and is located outside Barclays Bank (formerly Exmewe House), on St Peter's Square.
Ruthin has a regular daytime bus service on Mondays to Saturdays, with the last service on most routes leaving between 5.30 and 7.30 pm. The Ruthin railway line and station were closed in the 1960s. Prior to the closure, Ruthin was connected by rail to Denbigh and Rhyl to the north, and Corwen in the south.
Ruthin Gaol ceased to be a prison in 1916 when the prisoners and guards were transferred to Shrewsbury. Ruthin Craft Centre is revenue funded by the Arts Council of Wales and is part of Denbighshire County Council. Nantclwyd y Dre (previously known as Tŷ Nantclwyd), in Castle Street, was built about 1435 by a local merchant Gronw ap Madoc. The building was sold to the county council in 1982, restored from 2004, and opened to the public in 2007.
This is Ruthin's main park area, which includes a children's play area, a lake, walks and picnic area. A skate park was built in 2007 and a zip wire and trim trail added later. The River Clwyd runs through the park. St Peter's Church is the parish church of Ruthin. It is in the diocese of St Asaph.
The Myddleton Arms is also known as the Seven Eyes. It is said to have been built in the 14th century. The Dutch style design, long, steeped roof is attributed to Sir Richard Clough, an Elizabethan merchant. Now flats, the Royal Oak is one of the finest buildings in Ruthin, having three cruck frames, it is a Grade II* listed building.
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Calstock Short and Sweet Garland dance
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Castle Fields flat inside tour.wmv
Castle Fields flat inside tour
D1015 at Stroud with an Eden ECS Jan 05
Western Champion passes through Stroud on route to Gloucester with the ECS for an Eden Flyer tour 27 Jan 2005
Paul McCartney Robbers' Ball - English Pub Signs
Extended (not alternative) version of Paul McCartney's Robbers' Ball with images of pub signs - welcome to the revelry tonight.
Pub Signs of England (excluding London): The Mill Inn Aldeburgh, The Old Buttermarket Canterbury,T he White Hart Canterbury, Royal Pavilion Tavern Brighton, The Baron of Beef Cambridge, The Cricketers Canterbury, Prince of Orange Dover, The Railway Hastings (St Leonards on sea),Smugglers Hastings, The Witch & Wardrobe Lincoln, Town Crier Chester, The Unicorn Bognor Regis, The Somerhill Tonbridge, Watergate Inn Chester, Vauxhall Inn Tonbridge, St Marys Vaults Knaresborough, Station Inn Whitby, Tontine Hotel Ironbridge, The Square Bottle Chester, The Runcible Spoon Norwich, First In Last Out Hastings, The Wig & Pen Colchester, Royal Oak Lewes, The Magna Carta Lincoln, The Liverpool, First and Last Ormesby, Ram Hotel Brandon, Cat & Fiddle Norwich, The Mischief Norwich, The Bay Hotel Robin Hood Bay, The Beehive Liverpool, Blind Jacks Knaresborough, The Falcon Southend ,Flying Dutchman Southborough ,The Forest House Chester, Coach and Horses Norwich, The Crooked Billet Leigh-on-Sea, Widow Cullen's Well Lincoln, The Talbot Richmond, Caernarvon Castle Prenton, The Green Dragon Lincoln, Hermitage Inn Warkworth, The Cricketers Brighton, The Cricketers Canterbury, The Albert and The Lion Blackpool, The Sussex Brighton, Foresters Arms Tonbridge, The Hop Poles Lewes ,Johnny Pye Heswall, The Millstone Inn Stamford, Jolly Sailors Whitby, Golden Lion Richmond, Green Dragon Hardraw, The Falcon Liverpool, The Hay Waggon (unknown location),The Peterboat Leigh on Sea, Plough Inn Whitby, Royal George Staithes, The Horse & Cart Rye, The Cornucopia Southend, The Crystal Palace (Bath), Drum & Monkey Harrogate, The Golden Fleece Stamford, Kings Head Reeth, The Gardener's Arms Lewes, Old Ton Tongwynlais Inn, Bear and Billet Chester, The Assembly Inn (Bath), The Harbour Inn (unknown location), Railway Tavern Holt, Flintknappers Brandon, The Lanes Brighton, The Market Inn Brighton, The Little Crown Colchester, The West Gate Inn Canterbury, The London Trader Hastings, Anchor Inn Hastings, The Norfolk Colchester, The Haven Port Erin Isle of Man, Whittle Springs Blackpool, Buck Inn Whitby, Bridge Inn Grinton, The Black Bull Inn Stamford, Three Swallows Cley next the sea, The Swan Inn Horning, The Bell Brandon, The Cock Inn Peasemarsh, The Dolphin Hastings, Ye Dolphin Robin Hood's Bay, Lord Burleigh Stamford, South Bank Runcorn, The Otters Pocket Stamford
How to photograph Pub Signs.
When you photograph a pub sign, you are inevitably shooting from below and pointing the camera upwards, and, more often than not, having to shoot at an angle as well. Unavoidably, therefore, what your camera records is not a rectangle but an irregular quadrilateral, with all four sides of the sign of different lengths and with no 90⁰ angles. Furthermore, there is bound to be a lot of extraneous detail. To correct these faults, you need to use photo editing software (PaintShop Pro / Photoshop / Photoshop Elements -- there may be others) and correct the perspective using a Perspective Correction / Transform tool followed by a crop. You can also correct for colour and/or contrast (especially useful where the sign has faded over the years) and possibly clone out distracting features (there are far better ways of doing this than using the clone tool, but that's another matter).
Ideal conditions for pub sign photography are overcast conditions to avoid unsightly shadows and as little wind as possible.
Music: Paul McCartney Robbers Ball / Robber's Ball / Robbers' Ball extended
Rear Headed Class 31 Serco 1Q12 Sailsbry - Eastleigh via Weymouth
Well thanks very much 1adamstephen for the heads up! Of course it was early again as HSTChris will tell u. lmao
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Park Royal and Lower Addison Gardens bridge. 27 September 2018.
Hand held, no full size tripod today.
Two locations in West London, At Park Royal I had intended to film the Chiltern Lines Parliamentary Service to and from Paddington passing the stationary freight, but it was obviously rerouted via Greenford South Junction and Ealing both ways.
At Park Royal.
1. 66083 with the 1205 Park Royal Marcon to Hither Green Down Recp.
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At Lower Addison Gardens (Between Shepherds Bush and Kensington Olympia)
2. 66083 with the 1205 Park Royal Marcon to Hither Green Down Recp.
3. 59104 Hungerford on the 1125 Allington A.R.C. Sdg. to Whatley Quarry
4. 66007 with the 1111 Newhaven Day Aggregates to Acton T.C.
5. 66126 with the 1127 Dollands Moor Sdgs to Daventry Int Rft Recep Rfd
6. 66532 with the 1255 Colnbrook BAA Logistics to Grain Oil Terminal (Freightliner Heavy Haul).
Plus a couple of London Overground units.
Class 50 50028 12.55 Waterloo-Exeter 16.12.90
50028 departs Waterloo heading for Exeter 16.12.90 & 33002 makes a show on a departmental.
Golborne nr Wigan 9.5.2014 - WCML Class 37 47 66 350
A busy 20 minutes saw the following:
FTPE 350403 - Manchester Airport to Edinburgh
DBS 66008 - Carlisle to Margam
Freightliner 66527 - Fiddlers Ferry PS to Hunterston High Level
WCRC 37706 & 47580 (County of Essex) - Kilmarnock to Old Oak Common
British Pullman | Grand National VSOE | 09/04/11
Saturday 9th April 2011, or Grand National day, meaning the British Pullman was out operating a charter VSOE from London Victoria to Runcorn. Departing at 07:00 and arriving at 11:29. In this video you see, it Arriving & departing Milton Keynes, a race with it (filmed from on a pendolino), and it departing Crewe. Also a short bit a poor footage of it at Milton Kynes, returning to London. It was running almost half hour early so I nearly missed it and had to film it from the car park! :O
My plan was to film it again at Runcorn after Crewe, but unfortunatly my planned London Midland 350 was running 22 minutes late :( so I didn't manage to see it any further north than Crewe. It dropped off at Runcorn on the way north, but for the return journey, it started from Liverpool Lime Street.
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Brondesbury Park bomb detonated in joint operation between Army and Royal Navy
The Second World War device was discovered last Thursday by builders digging at a construction site on The Avenue.
Roads and schools were closed before brave Army experts safely removed the ordnance.
BridgeTV: Episode one - THIS is BridgeTV!
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Class 31 start up
class 31452 'Minotaur' startup after a cold spell with flame
1A96 Reading to Paddington 360 Video (Watch in 4K)
Travel on the 1A96 from Reading West to London Paddington in full 360 degrees! From Reading West station, we dive under Reading Flyover and stop briefly at Reading. Departing Reading, we pass Slough, Hays and Harlington, Southall, Ealing Broadway, Acton Main Line and Old Oak Common at speed, before slowing down for our arrival on platform one at London Paddington.
On desktops, use the mouse or keys A, W, D and S to scroll around.
Just move mobile devices to move in the desired direction. You can also pause at any time to look around.
All filming was undertaken after speaking with the Train Manager and adhering to all restrictions and conditions they stipulated.
This video does not condone hanging from or placing things out of train windows as this is extremely dangerous. No responsibility is taken for any similar activities.
This video was shot for historical reference of a practice and experience that, whilst very dangerous and actively discouraged, has been enjoyed by thousands and is soon to all but disappear across the British rail network.
Cactus Juice gig at the Waterloo
My first gig playing bass for Cactus Juice at the Waterloo Hotel in Runcorn on 17th March 2012.