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Sheff liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Great memories both, thanks for sharing.
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Sheff liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Back when I worked on the W&L in the late 80s there were several locals who used the train every market day to go shopping in Welshpool. The last return was often late while we waited for them to struggle back with their shopping. And one old...
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John Petley liked Fireline's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Sadly, we're well aware of that one. Not only faster than the average human but, on one occasion, faster than the combine harvester he was driving, too. That was a long time ago, and fortunately the driver managed to get out. We are really keen...
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Biermeister liked Fireline's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Sadly, we're well aware of that one. Not only faster than the average human but, on one occasion, faster than the combine harvester he was driving, too. That was a long time ago, and fortunately the driver managed to get out. We are really keen...
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Biermeister liked Fireline's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
It is critical. We have a duty not only to our customers, but to our neighbours, too. Farms right along the line have crops in tinder dry fields right now. In one area, we have flax planted right next to the line. I am told that if that were to...
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Biermeister liked 5944's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Thunderstorms don't help, it needs a prolonged period of rain. The ground is baked solid so storms simply dump a lot of water that will merely run off. And they're usually quite localised. The forecast for the next two weeks shows temperatures...
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misspentyouth62 liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
The extended caption that will go with this photo in my South African steam loco memoirs book is below. 22 April 1985 and 25NC 3436 ‘Molly’ looked and sounded in superb condition flat out storming past Kalkbult on the 19 coach afternoon stopping...
1. Srpanj 2026. u 08:43
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misspentyouth62 liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
Belmont station - an Oasis in the Karoo. 25 July 1991 as 25NC 3488 heads north on train 2439, the 11.50 from De Aar. I think it is hauling a 40 wagon load of empties from a block coal train. Train 2439 was, for the loco, the return working off...
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misspentyouth62 liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
June 1990 and I think this is possibly the first time I filmed a 25NC, in this case 25NC 3432 on a complete container train. The 4-8-4 is heading through the slightly less semi-arid Karoo as it approaches Heuningneskloof station on train 2415...
1. Srpanj 2026. u 08:42
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misspentyouth62 liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
I did quite a lot of my photography, and later on my filming, in winter pre-dawns in the Northern Karoo. Fabulous low light with a variety of sky colours as they developed before sun rise, to some extent depending on where distant winds had...
1. Srpanj 2026. u 08:42
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misspentyouth62 liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
25NC 3441 blasting up the grades near Perdevlei, between De Aar and the summit at Behrshoek on 28 July 1991. Not that long after a freezing dawn in the wonderful Karoo region. A frame grabbed from a low res MPEG4 digitisation of a Hi-8 camera...
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misspentyouth62 liked Breva's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
[ATTACH] We could try harder, for extra smoke... (not staged !)
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misspentyouth62 liked Sheff's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.
This was probably my fav shot - I was using Kodachrome 64 iirc with a 200mm lens, so all my stuff is pretty ropey ... I'd already had a go at editing it Windows Gallery years ago, but this is after letting ChatGPT have a go, and it's another step...
1. Srpanj 2026. u 08:39
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Steve liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Great memories both, thanks for sharing.
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Steve liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Back when I worked on the W&L in the late 80s there were several locals who used the train every market day to go shopping in Welshpool. The last return was often late while we waited for them to struggle back with their shopping. And one old...
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