Yes, been trying to get on for over an hour!
Just thought I'd post these two photos taken by me 60 years ago today, Decenber 11th 1965, on the WCML at Charnock Richard. 70021 on a...
Nowt shoddy about it! :)
Can be arranged Oswald :rolleyes: ! [ATTACH]
She was still at Kingmoor in June 1966 when I visited.
I think they were in store at Healey Mills and on 25 October 1978 they were towed to Dinting Railway Centre. Here they are parked up at Padfield...
First time I clapped eyes on 'Flying Scotsman' was at Copley Hill in 1960!
44871 reverses onto the ELR at Castleton East Junction this afternoon. [ATTACH]
Yes, it is Saltaire, taken from the bridge on Victoria Road.
The Waverley Route: Rise, Fall and Return. [MEDIA]
Oh dear :oops: yes, Joe Public will clock that. :rolleyes:
A better way would be to change the '3' to a '6' and 'Scotsman' to 'Fox'! :)
21 down at Littleborough. F4 at a fortnight, 8000 ISO, yuk! [ATTACH]
I've heard adverts for steam trips on Boom Radio a few times, I think it's maybe because Les Ross is one of their DJs. ;)
The Calder Valley line goes nowhere near Ashton. I think you mean the LNW Standedge line.
It's a shame you wasn't able to try your luck at places like Newton Heath, Crewe North or Holbeck 20 years before!
You take some lovely photos @Shep Woolley, I wish I had your talent. ;)
The Calder Valley line is the same. Almost the whole route from Manchester into Yorkshire is through a tunnel of trees and bushes.
Thanks for that. Yes, I was a steward on it. When 6024 clobbered the bridge someone in nearby flats dialled 999 and said a bomb had gone off!...
What date was this? I seem to remember being on it too.
Separă nume cu o virgulă.
