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alts1985 liked Hampshire Unit's post in the thread Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala 3rd to 5th October 2025.
Nice to see Archie yesterday [img]"Sir Archibald Sinclair" near Bishops Sutton by Stephen Morley, on Flickr
Oct 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM -
alts1985 liked Duty Druid's post in the thread Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala 3rd to 5th October 2025.
Had a 'fun' day ballast yomping in quite challenging conditions with @Hampshire Unit! o_O To say it was windy was an understatement & yes, at times the rain was biblical and horizontal, combined with the wind........ from what I gathered...
Oct 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM -
alts1985 replied to the thread Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala 3rd to 5th October 2025.
Our first visit since May 2023 for various reasons, and we had a great day yesterday despite Storm Amy - 50mph winds and long spells of heavy rain made for a challenging day filming! We chased 34059 lineside first thing at Bishop's Sutton then...
Oct 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM -
alts1985 liked AlexGWR1994's post in the thread Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala 3rd to 5th October 2025.
[MEDIA] Here's my footage of the Mid Hants Railway Autumn Steam Gala nearly all filmed on Friday with two shots on Saturday. As expected the weather wasn't great in particular a deluge of rain at Soke Hill for Sir Nigel Gresley, but all...
Oct 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM -
alts1985 liked 2857Harry's post in the thread Steam Dreams 2026.
Don’t really see your issue myself? It’s a trip that will command a lot of attention, and rightly so. Rarely does steam get beyond Par, and LSL steam certainly doesn’t venture over the RA Bridge too often. What’s going on focussed on past,...
Oct 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM -
alts1985 liked kieranhardy's post in the thread SVR Autumn Steam Gala.
Some from the other weekend: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oct 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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alts1985 liked bob.meanley's post in the thread Shap Mountaineer: 27/09/25.
Are we ever going to overcome the red herring of Great Western engines being designed to burn Welsh Coal? They were fundamentally designed to burn coal (you know, the black stuff that comes out of the ground all over the place) and there is...
Oct 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM -
alts1985 liked Johnb's post in the thread Shap Mountaineer: 27/09/25.
Thank you for that extensive insight into the facts. I don’t think the myth about Welsh coal comes from train spotters, I’ve seen it in print several times, usually followed up by stating it was the reason why the GW didn’t build modern coaling...
Oct 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM -
alts1985 liked ficksberglion's post in the thread Saphos 2025.
For the second week running, the sun fails to appear as 60532 climbs towards Chinley[ATTACH]
Oct 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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alts1985 liked David likes trains's post in the thread NYMR | Steam Gala | 25th-28th September 2025.
Some photos from a very good gala. I liked the short coach set shuttle trains, particularly 78019 on the two coach set. Thursday [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] Saturday [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] Sunday [img] [img] [img] [img] [img]
Oct 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM -
alts1985 liked steamingyorkshire's post in the thread Shap Mountaineer: 27/09/25.
A few clips from Saturday with 7029 and 'The Shap Mountaineer'. Video available here [IMG] [IMG]
Oct 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM -
alts1985 liked evilswans's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2025.
60007 is on her ways ladies and gents [MEDIA] all the best Matt :)
Oct 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM -
alts1985 liked 5944's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2025.
[ATTACH] 60007 at Wymondley, accelerating away from a signal check at Hitchin.
Oct 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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alts1985 liked Ben Jenden's post in the thread Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala 3rd to 5th October 2025.
For clarification Everything faces London
Oct 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM -
alts1985 liked Michael Whitehouse's post in the thread Shap Mountaineer: 27/09/25.
I think it is probably worth a further comment or two about coal, as facts are always better than guesses. We have never really used much South Wales coal on charters in recent years, despite GW locos being designed for that. Why? Of course, it...
Oct 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
