Ninety Minutes at Willesden Junction

Posted in Railways on 3rd February 2005

Having had a spanner thrown in the works by the failure of the server's power supply, plans had changed quite a bit by the time I arrived at Paddington this morning. The 'one of those days' effect remained in action, as the HST stock was late coming off St. Phillips...

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Picture This...

Posted in Updates on 2nd February 2005

I'm attempting to puzzle out my new camera. The manual is as thick as some novels I've read. Over the past few months of trying to improve the pictures I take, particularly in terms of railway photography, I realised that my Olympus C160 was not quite what I needed. Firstly,...

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Midland Moves

Posted in Railways on 1st February 2005

Today started out along much the same pattern as yesterday. First to Bristol in glorious sunshine, then onto a Birmingham-bound Voyager towards threatening clouds. Changed for an all-stops Walsall unit at New Street, and soon alighted at a very wet, cloudy and muddy Bescot Stadium. Wandered alongside the yard -...

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