Heartbreak Hotel

Posted in Railways on 25th July 2008

A couple of end-of-term days off when I imagine I can't miss too much and won't be missed. The plan had originally been Pathfinder's 'Cwm and Go' to South Wales - but with that postponed a while back, switched plans in order to attend the West Coast Railway Company open...

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Messages from Beyond the Internet

Posted in Updates on 23rd July 2008

The Colas Class 47 visiting the bay platform at Weston spurred me to write an entry for this blog earlier which I mentioned in a post to the South West Rail Gen Group. I also indicated my dismay that I had no idea what date I took the picture on....

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The Dock of the Bay

Posted in Railways on 23rd July 2008

It's a long time since I last saw a locomotive in the bay platform at Weston-super-Mare. I couldn't date the occurrence, but I have a picture of it. Taken with my ancient camera which leaked light and with my shaky hands, I have a picture of 37055 close up against...

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