09/03/2010 More Bluebell shots with 78019
07/02/2010 A visit to the Bluebell to see 78019 in action and view 42085 at Sheffield Park.
02/02/2010 A trip tp the NRM to pay homage to Duchess of Hamilton.
12/01/2010 Some more photos in the snow in The New Forest including a very frozen Hatchet pond.
09/01/2010 First stage in a new look to the Steam shed pages,South and South East being the first part of a plan to have the photos, both 1960s and more up to date views organised in geographical area, including track plans and other points of interest.
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07/01/2010 Some snowy scenes from around the New Forest
23/12/2009 Santas on the Swanage Railway but unfortunately no snow
23/12/2009 Some snowly Santas on the Midhants Railway
01/12/2009 Some additions to the K&ESR pages
27th November Update to the Bluebell pages 5,6 featuring 9017, 34059, 592 and some new sound clips.
24th November Main Line pages 7 and 8 some new photos and sound clips to add to the collection.
22nd November 2009 Some shots and recordings from the Midhants earlier in the year including visiting Super D.
Some shots taken at Swanage this Autum with visiting S&D 7F being the star.
21st November 2009 A few days spent on the NYMR pages 4,5 and 6 some superb sounds, impressive pyrotechnics and gorgeous Autumn colours.
9th September 2009 Well time really flies! Some months since my last update, more domestic troubles ( Change of career, for the last time, and an impending move of over 200 miles .) although I have been taking more photos than ever and making quite a few recordings, my change of situation will allow me to upload these sooner rather than later and give me a chance to revamp the site. A couple of new pages added, No Steam Today , Hastimgs Pier and its original lifeblood, its Fishing boats.
8th May 2009 Grove Junction to Eridge. with a couple of High Rocks still to add.
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8th May 2009 The ex LBSC Station at Tunbridge Wells West was always a favourite of mine and here is a large selection of shots showing its final years.
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6th April 2009 Heads of the Valley A page dedicated to the crews that worked this incredibly tough line with woefully inadequate locomotives, Super D's and Coal Tanks!
4th April 2009 A sound clip added to The Midland Through the Peak page. 48773 taking 13 up to Peak forest in fine style.
4th April 2009 Another memorable climb, this time 80080+80079 climbing through Narberth on the Pembroke line, actualy it was quite a day, Narberth being only a part of it. Scroll to the bottom of the page to listen to the recording.
3rd April 2009 An in depth tour of the Cuckoo Line in Sussex a line I have known since not long after closure, but sadly never got the chance to do it behind steam.
11th March 2009 Something new in No steam Today. Around Hampshire.
23rd February 2009 A new addition to the memorable climbs 44871 doing her stuff on Glen Douglas
18th February 2009 Some more additions to the 1960's shots, at last a reasonably representation.
7th January 2009 Well a new year and a new start, again domestic and work troubles have kept me away from steam, but at long last an update to the 1960's pages, the tip of a rather large collection of real days photos.
20th October 2008 A new page for Main Line steam, some memorable climbs, no pictures but plenty of sound!
15th October 2008 Some more shots from last month on the NYMR pages 1,3 & 4
5th October 2008 A couple of shots of 70013 added to the Main Line page 5 towards the bottom , not the greatest of shots but included to illustrate the superb sound effects that OC produces, just the boost Main Line steam in the south needed, after some rather "Quiet" years!
A new page for the NYMR from a visit at the end of the summer. 45212 again being the star, with 75029/825 doing the business as well, 61994 with 7 on and a decent bank to climb was making some interesting noises, the A4 was also making some noises but sadly not of the right sort, she is so out of place on the Moors. 30926 was doing it quite happily, but was worked relatively easily on the bank despite having 7 on. An all round excellent visit, the hospitality on the NYMR was as always superb.
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13th August 2008 An update to the NYMR page with some more sound clips added.
5th August 2008 Some shots added at NYMR and Other Railways
3rd August 2008 A few more preserved line shots have been added here, Bluebell page 5, Midhants, K&ESR,
16th July 2008 A few additions to Page 3 and a new Page 4 of Bluebell shots.
13th July 2008 Shots taken at Pett Level earlier this year, a gorgeous bit of Coastline between Fairlight and Rye Harbour. With the tide right out you can cycle the whole distance on the sand at the waters edge, highly recommended.
27th June 2008
Pages 3,4&5 of Main Line Steam with a few sound clips as well.
24th June 2008
Another Scotish line added, The Port Road, this long closed but superb line had everything, gradients,variety of motive power, large trains, viaducts, scenary, but curiously no tunnels.
16th June 2008
A couple of new pages of Steam Sheds added. Pages 4 & 5.
Some vintage shots added to The Midland Through the Peak.
6th June 2008
Some Scotish sheds added here Steam Sheds
5th June 2008
A new page added on The Waverley Route part of our 12 Summits tour of Northern England and Scotland.
1st June 2008
As can be seen it is a long time since my last update, a few troubles on the domestic front, to put it mildly, a familiar problem to many steam enthusiasts. Getting back on track now!!
A week touring Northern England and Scotland with my old mate Alan Robinson was a real tonic. First run of the season to Mallaig behind the K1 with Kane/Santrian doing the honours in fine style, 7 on and nearly full, not bad at all, of course to get there we went via the S&C, Belah, Whitrope, Riccarton Junction, The Port Road, Big Water of Fleet Viaduct, Glenwhilly, Fairlie Jetty and Glen Douglas, returning via Druimuachdar, Glenoglehead, Drumlanrig and Shap to name a very few!
A few additions here to the Stainmore Line. Notice the NE boundry sign at Lartington, and the strange fact that the two viaduct boxes remain, Belah and Lartington West.
24th November 2007
A new page for 1970's and 1980's Main Line some old favourites here from the days when Main Line steam was run for fun.
23rd November 2007
More additions
to The Midland through the Peak which makes a more complete survey of the route.
11th November 2007
A redesign to the No Steam Today page, hopefully this will encourage me to upload some more images including some Motor racing scenes, currently at the editing stage.
8th October 2007
Pages 2 and 3 on the Bluebell plus various new sounds added on the Preservation pages.
19th September 2007
A new shed page added steam sheds 2 also work in progress on The Midland through the Peak
6th September 2007
New additions to the Steam Sheds page Sheffield Millhouses a very sad sight!
A very busy year with the cameras (although a little quiet with the microphone) visits to Yorkshire, Derbyshire South Wales and the Isle of Wight amongst others. The absolute highlights being the site of Belah Viaduct on the Stainmore line, and walking from Bakewell to Blackwell Mill Halt on the Midland Railways main line through the Peak district.
Visit http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/index/visiting/ranger-walks.ht for details of the railway tunnels walk , well worth it all for a £2 bus fare!
A visit to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway brought mixed results, a rather off colour 45407 and some decidedly strange sounds from 60007, but 45212 saved the day with some superb climbs to Goathland.
Disused Railway lines cycled, include Worsborough Bank, for anyone not in the know this was part of the Woodhead electrification, located between Wath and Peniston, in Yorkshire, arguably the main reason behind electrification as it involved nearly two miles of 1:40 and 1000 ton steam hauled coal trains, the only location to have double heading and two banking locos (even three on occasions.) Cycling on a hot summers day was quite hard going up to the tunnels at Silkstone, the sound of four engines on the coal trains toiling up through the tunnels would be hard to imagine. For anyone interested in this route, the Foxline Scenes from the Past books on the Woodhead line are an absolute must, http://www.foxline.co.uk/ also there is an excellent site devoted to the line at, http://www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/
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A slightly less strenuous cycle was on the Isle of Wight, part of the Freshwater line,Newport-Sandown and on to Wroxall then a view around railway remains in Ventnor ( now that is strenuous on a bike!)
Currently I am working on pages on The Stainmore Line and the Midland through the Peak, these should be uploaded to Railway Structures soon, also I have added some more sound clips, if you control click on the sound icon you can have the pleasure of the sound and the picture. Some of the sound and picture files are quite large, so please be patient while they load.
CJ
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