J5434 looks like something the Great Central Railway might do on a gala weekend. A very mixed rake of wagons it has to be said. Also fairly timeless as the 47 could be replaced with a 8f and would look right.
As usual more great photos.
You could of gone literally nuts for souvenirs in the Heavy Maintenance shed as there was a whole wall of various sizes of bolts etc. I hope of course that didn't happen.
First open day for me for over 30 years and I have to commend GWR for the excellent event they have put on. Lots of interesting stuff to see and also lots to spend money on. Only slight issue was the very limited number of food outlets.
Highlights for me the were the line up of 6 50's, the King through to Class 800 line up and the 43098 livery.
Awoke in the night to go to the loo and saw the awful news from North Kensington. Just hope that many of the residents managed to escape but fear the worst.
I had to see my parents in Manchester this morning and the way up I could see the back of a rake of Mk1's on the platform and assumed something had happened with today CME. Was pleasantly surprised to catch sight of 88002 and the 68 as we left Crewe. On the way back I also caught site of 86259 at the head of the return CME.
All in all a nice view of the first(ok nearly) and last of UK AC's locos and of course the APT in the heritage centre. That also looked better than I remember but I may be mistaken.
Anyway sorry to take this slightly off topic.
I see Jeremy Hoskins, owner of many mainline locomotives and part owner of Crystal Palace has bought the old Margate factory. I wonder if he has any interest in buying the company, he is a experienced investment banker after all.
I also got to Reddish and Guide Bridge a good few times but never over the Woodhead route. Also got too Tinsley a couple of times around 1980/1. Sadly with paper round and Saturday job commitments never really did rail tours.
Mmm, a couple of my posts have dissapered related to the journey from St Pancras to the Kingsbury scrap yard.
Ignore as they are over on the questions forum