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The Vale of Rheidol in 1979.

 

Taken in very heavy rain - usually I am lucky with the weather in Wales, but not this time....

 

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Devils Bridge Vale of Rheidol No 9 Prince of Wales taking water 7th August 1979 C4710

 

 

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Some time ago called in at Ropley to see what was running and the Duke it was that appeared.

I can top that!

 

At a safety brief in York and on my way in saw this -

 

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And afterwards -

 

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 I thought it was time to have some Swiss locos for a change.

 

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Lenzburg SBB De4/4 1667 Regionalzug Luzern to Lenzburg 3rd August 1988 C10034

The warning panels are for working over the route as it runs alongside the road for most of the journey.

 

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Olten SBB C5/6 2958 plinthed outside workshops 27th July 1989 C12481

 

 

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Arth Goldau preserved Bodensee Toggenburg Bahn Be4/4 14 private charter 29th July 1989 C12662

 

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Erstfeld SBBCrocodile Ce6/8ii 14253 4th August 1989 C13070

 

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Wolhusen Bahnhof    Emmental Burgdorf Thun Bahn Re4/4ii 9th August 1989 C13385

 

David

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What the....?  Errr.....no, sorry.....it's a.....no, it's not it's.....Hmmmm.

 

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It's a kitbash! A strange beasty but an improvement on its previous form? That's a matter of opinion.

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What the....?  Errr.....no, sorry.....it's a.....no, it's not it's.....Hmmmm.

 

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It's a kitbash! A strange beasty but an improvement on its previous form? That's a matter of opinion.

I actually think that it doesn't look that bad...

 

Is that an Austerity 0-6-0 chassis?

Yep. 1943 built W/N 2890 as a matter of fact.

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Blankenberg in sunny Belgium, Easter 2011. "Hospital Gates" was appearing at an exhibition run by the town council at the casino. The last such show there as it happened but that was nothing to do with us. A great shame as this show was only 4.5 driving miles from home base in Hull. Closer in fact than the local club show but that's a different story.

Their local museum ran this special in conjunction with the show. Powered by a NOHAB diesel loco named "Cockerill" with two vintage bogie coaches and a driving trailer in tow.

I can really recommend Blankenberg to anyone interested in the "Art Nouveau" style, us peasants just went for the beer and waffles!

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