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CraigS · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject:

Yes, the weather was very nice. It always rains when a 31 hauled test train visits Hastings Laughing

The 4TC has been made to look like old wooden coaches, maybe an attempt to create Sarah Siddons' early days when it would all such coaches. I'm not quite sure how they made it to look like that, whether it was paint or somewhat of decal/vinyl/whatever. I have a feeling the latter was used.

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thewanderer · Mail Van Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 293

Well it doesn't work! Looks awful.

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CraigS · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject:

thewanderer wrote:

Well it doesn't work! Looks awful.

I agree, would've been better if they had just left the 4TC in maroon.

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d6841 · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject:

wet and dark. Very challenging to get decent photos

But you done OK thumbs up!

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CraigS · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject:

d6841 wrote:

wet and dark. Very challenging to get decent photos

But you done OK thumbs up!

Because it was raining so much I didn't have time to experiment with various camera modes or get as many shots as I had hoped too. For the shot 31454 I had to run out in the rain, point, shoot and hope for the best. I think I did do okay considering the weather conditions, cheers Smile

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d6841 · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject:

CraigS wrote:

d6841 wrote:

wet and dark. Very challenging to get decent photos

But you done OK thumbs up!

Because it was raining so much I didn't have time to experiment with various camera modes or get as many shots as I had hoped too. For the shot 31454 I had to run out in the rain, point, shoot and hope for the best. I think I did do okay considering the weather conditions, cheers Smile

Your right craig sometimes full auto,point and shoot is best.
It's results that count. Cool

Reminds me of a day I was standing on Greenhill bridge waiting on a special. conditions were changing by the second. several of the assembled gallery were discussing f stops, exposure times etc. I said I going full auto. I got the photos some of the mates didn't. sometimes it just down to luck dunno

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CraigS · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:16 am Post subject:

I went to the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway near Hollingbourne in Kent yesterday, which is a 2ft gauge, half mile long railway situated in someone's grounds. The line is open to the public on the first Sunday of every month between April and October. Three locomotives were in use during my visit and my photos/video from yesterday can be found at th links below.

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CraigS · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject:

Updated my site with a couple of photos taken over the past couple of days. Yesterday I saw 73141 at St Leonards Depot stabled with resident 07011. Today I saw 20301 leading 20305 at Swamp Crossing, Dungeness Branch and Ham Street working the weekly 6M95 Dungness-Willesden Brent flask train.

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CraigS · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject:

Hi All, just updated my website with several photos taken over the weekend.

On Saturday I went to The Battlefield Line for their Autumn Diesel Gala featuring 03170, 04110, 20166, 31130, 33019, 37227, 37905, 47640, 73114 and a DMU. Photo and video links below

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Whilst waiting for a bus to/from Tamworth to the Battlefield Line, I saw a some Freightliner 66s on engineers trains. I saw 4 of the bloody sheds!

but was only able to phot 2. Photos in my Sept 08 Collection

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Today, I spent a couple of hours at the Spa Valley for their Mainline Steam and Diesel Gala. Locos in use were 3F 47493, 57XX 7715, 33063, 37254 and 73140. Photo and video links below

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CraigS · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject:

Updated my site with some photos today and yesterday featuring;

66703 l/e at Hastings
37059/609 at Headcorn
RH&DR nos 2, 6 and 14 between Dungeness and Romney Sands
20312 (DRS Compass liveried) and 20302 at Snargate (Dungeness Branch)

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andersley · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject:

You have been busy of late! Some great shots there.

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d6841 · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject:

someone has been busy...... I was looking back at some of your earlier shots and I remember the last time I saw "MAX JOULE" in February sitting at Kilmarnock station waiting for the road.....I was standing alongside another photter on the platform and just happened to say something like "I hope the driver gives it what for when he leaves".... He replied "I'll try my best". Yes he was the driver photographing his own train Laughing

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CraigS · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject:

andersley wrote:

You have been busy of late! Some great shots there.

Cheers Alan.

d6841 wrote:

someone has been busy...... I was looking back at some of your earlier shots and I remember the last time I saw "MAX JOULE" in February sitting at Kilmarnock station waiting for the road.....I was standing alongside another photter on the platform and just happened to say something like "I hope the driver gives it what for when he leaves".... He replied "I'll try my best". Yes he was the driver photographing his own train Laughing

On the subject of 20301 Max Joule, I've been wanting a front shot of it for some time because when I do see it, it usually has another 20 in front of it.

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CraigS · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

Another update! Today I saw 20315/307 on a line they rarely use while hauling a Stoneblower from Trent Siding to Ashford. I sa the 20s at Harrietsham and Lenham on the Maidstone East line. Also saw 92001 on an empty steel working. I have added a photo to my site of 66719 propelling Gypsum Wagons into the exchange sidings at Mountfield (taken yesterday).

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d6841 · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:24 am Post subject:

Very nice thank you for those. Laughing

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