Read that following it's failure yesterday at Newton Abbot, 'Duke of Gloucester' was to move to Barton Hill today for attention. Given that the failure was described as serious, and that we'd heard tails on the way back from Cranmore yesterday of some difficulty in moving the loco, expected it to be hauled back. Set out for the station in blazing sunshine, very different to yesterday's gloom. Met a familiar face and passed the time chatting. The peace and quiet of a Sunday at Highbridge station was soon shattered by 66621 heading back to Fairwater Yard.
A few minutes later, having watched a light in the distance for what seemed like miles along the flat, straight track, The Duke passed under it's own steam - albeit carefully and not nearly as fast as it's passed Highbridge before.
Lost::MikeGTN
I've had a home on the web for more years than I care to remember, and a few kind souls persuade me it's worth persisting with keeping it updated. This current incarnation of the site is centred around the blog posts which began back in 1999 as 'the daylog' and continued through my travels and tribulations during the following years.
I don't get out and about nearly as much these days, but I do try to record significant events and trips for posterity. You may also have arrived here by following the trail to my former music blog Songs Heard On Fast Trains. That content is preserved here too.
