The Alloa Alloer - Day 2
Posted in Railways on 25th August 2008
In the event, I didn't manage to stay awake long at all. Despite the excitement and festivities going on around me, and the superbly noisy engines in the otherwise quiet early hours, a couple of nights with little sleep soon caught up with me and I dozed fitfully along Chat...
The Alloa Alloer - Day 1
Posted in Railways on 24th August 2008
It was a strange sensation, waking lazily on a Sunday morning after a little too much beer at yesterday's festival, and knowing that later that afternoon I'd be heading off on a railtour. It meant much of the day was spent in fairly aimless tidying, time-wasting and anticipation. Finally headed...
The Passing Loop #1
Posted in Railways on 19th August 2008
Another in the occasional series of photographs of unusual or notable workings on my doorstep. It's true there isn't much variety in terms of locations here, but I do enjoy the wanders down to the platform end when there is something interesting happening. This time it was Advenza Freight's 57005...