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    Hi All,

    To save me spamming this area of the forum the updates to The Railways of Great Britain - Home will be posted here. Any questions and/or comments about what you see on the site are most welcome.

    Most recent update:
    I have added more photos to the recent shots page:

    www.railwaysofgb.com/recent-photos.html

    (21-10-12)

    Cheers,
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    Added 23 July-September 2012 steam photos:

    Highlights from this period include:

    - The Torbay Express with 70000
    - The Weymouth Seaside Express with 70013
    - The Royal Duchy with 70013
    - The Scarborough Spa Express and Scarborough Flyer
    - The Bath Spa Express with 70000
    - The Mayflower with 4464 and 70000 to Plymouth
    - The Jacobite with 44871
    - The Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala

    July-September - The Railways of Great Britain

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    Added audio of 5305 climbing Speeton bank with a railtour on 29th December 1982.

    "Here is another one of John Tait's fantastic recordings,this time of Black Five,5305 powering up the 1 in 92 continuous grade from Bridlington to Speeton on the Hull to Scarborough line. 5305 passed the summit just beyond Speeton at a respectable 26mph with 10 coaches. Enjoy. "

    5305,Speeton bank,29/12/82 - The Railways of Great Britain
     
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    In this 10 minute sequence we hear 60009 start the climb to Gleneagles at Dunning on the 1 in 121 gradient before "no.9" storms through Auchterarder on the continuous 1 in 100 gradient up to Gleneagles. Sounding a little off-beat 60009 does well to crest the summit at just over 30mph with load 13,almost 500tons hanging off the drawbar on a cold November evening in 1980.

    Recorded by John Tait


    60009,Gleneagles bank,29/11/1980 - The Railways of Great Britain

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    Only did the one trip with Number 9 in Scotland, Edinburgh to Aviemore in 1980/81. Sounded pretty lopsided on that run too. In fact at one stage she was as off beat as a knackered V2. Great climbs in both directions to Druimuachdar though.
     
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    Agree with you spamcan, did a run with no.9 in 1982, Waverley to Aberdeen and return, sounded awful, especially the return, more like a two cylinder with a bad cold, did the business though, but ran very late.
     
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    I'll upload the climb from Falkirk soon,that was very nearly not doing the business,seemed to slip on a wet/icy rail and beats all over the place as it gets going,still,it did the job!
     
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    New photos now added to the "Recent photos" page,these include shots by Oli Goodman at the WSR Autumn steam gala,the GCR Autumn Steam gala by me and a wonderful glint shot of 70000 near Brandon by Nigel Pitt.

    Recent Photos - The Railways of Great Britain

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