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Finally on Saturday, after a fruitless wait for 6M34 at Clapham (it turned out to have been diverted to Acton) I went to Kensington where I got 92009 on the 6E32, the empty steel from Ebange to Scunthorpe. Almost two hours after I'd seen the 60 and it was still raining! | Trains in the wet | (62) |
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The rain which started just as the 6M34 appeared at 11:50 intensified so that by the time I was back at Clapham Junction the station gutters were unable to cope. | Trains in the wet | (58) |
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Rumours had been circulating on the railfan grapevine that the weekly Peak Forest to Crawley stone train is going over to 66 haulage as it is being reclassified as a Class 4 (75 mph) on the return, in an effort to ease pathing on the Midland Mainline. And on Friday a 66 had been rostered. But, in the event, it remained a 60 turn with 60073 doing the honours. It was just starting to rain after a spell of brighter weather when the 6M34 approached Streatham Common, 60071 emitting a cloud of noxious fumes as the signal cleared for the junction. | Trains in the wet | (43) |
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Saturday 14th saw the Hastings Diesel Group's 1001 on a Sevenoaks to Sheringham excursion, passing Alexandra Palace at 08:03. Ok, the conditions are pretty awful but the working is a bit unique so it seemed an opportunity not to mix. The 4L(?) sporting a BIG buffet in a tadpole impression. | Trains in the wet | (37) |
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None of this deterred England Rugby fans making their way to Twickenham. | Trains in the wet | (33) |
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It was followed by Grand Central's 07:57 from King's Cross. It was brightening up, if the Thumper had been five minutes late it would passed in quite reasonable light. Can't win 'em all. | Trains in the wet | (29) |
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Craven Arms is also junction for the scenic Heart of Wales line to Swansea. An end to end journey from Shrewsbury to Swansea takes 4 hours for 121 miles with 10 compulsory and 22 conditional stops. Here the 14:05 from Shrewsbury approaches Craven Arms. | Shropshire and Sir Drefaldwyn; a weekend in the Marches | (17) |
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Through the heat haze a 143 and 153 form the 10:55 Paignton to Exeter St Davids. | Midsummer Madness - SWT variety | (8) |
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The 4M51 Tilbury to Daventry crossing the newly re-laid Junction Road Junction in the direction of Gospel Oak. | Being Diverted | (8) |
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Tuesday 10th. 66842 en-route to Ashford passing Crawley. Thanks 59001 | Autumnal trains | (7) |
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Hello, welcome to my fotopic site. My name is Nick Slocombe I live and work in London and I’ve been passionately interested in railways, in all their forms, for most of my life.
I’ve fairly catholic tastes when it comes to taking pictures, all it needs is a steel wheel on a steel rail and some sun, but I do have a particular fascination for the railways of North and South America, and have been very fortunate and travelled quite extensively on both continents in the past 20 years or so.
Here in the UK I use Freightmaster to track freight operations, the FM Interactive service is indispensible for anyone photographing, or simply watching, freight trains
Some of the older pictures are from my slide collection whilst the most recent were taken on, firstly, a Nikon D70s and latterly a D300 digital SLR. |
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