I did manage to get some video of The Railway Touring Company's Tin Bath charter passing through Stocksmoor station on 17 March 2013. In charge were Ian Riley's Black 5 locomotives 44871 and 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Monday, 18 March 2013
The Tin Bath
The Tin Bath ran from Preston and
Manchester over the steeply graded routes to West Yorkshire and passed through
areas renowned for Lancashire cotton mills and Yorkshire woollen mills. The
train was hauled by two steam locomotives ‘Black 5’ 4-6-0’s Nos. 44871 and
45407, facing face some of the fiercest gradients in the country.
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| The Tin Bath at Stocksmoor Station |
It was yet another bitterly cold March day
as the two locomotives hauled the The Railway Touring Company’s charter train
through Stocksmoor station. A good number of photographers had turned out to
capture a rare journey by steam train alone this line.
Monday, 4 March 2013
A Tale of Two Viaducts
On Saturday 02 March 2013 we
visited the Settle to Carlisle Railway in the Yorkshire Dales to photograph The
Cumbrian Guardsman and The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express.
The construction of Dandry Mire Viaduct was completed in 1875. It is 227 yds (208m) long and stands 50 ft (15m) high. Originally planned as an embankment difficult ground conditions resulted in the construction of the viaduct.
70000 Britannia was hauling Vintage Trains Limited “The Cumbrian Guardsman” steam hauled from Hellifield to Carlisle over the Settle to Carlisle Line returning to Carnforth via Shap.
After this our second visit of the day was to Dent Head Viaduct. The intention was to photograph 60009 Union of South Africa with The Railway Touring Company’s “Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express”
Dent Head Viaduct is a 10 arch viaduct with a combined length of 199 yds (182m) long standing 100ft (30m) high.
The weather was generally good
but unfortunately at the important times the sun managed to disappear behind
the clouds making photography of moving objects a bit of a lottery. Our first
location was Dandry Mire Viaduct which is just north of Garsdale station.
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| Dandry Mire Viaduct |
The construction of Dandry Mire Viaduct was completed in 1875. It is 227 yds (208m) long and stands 50 ft (15m) high. Originally planned as an embankment difficult ground conditions resulted in the construction of the viaduct.
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Dandry Mire Viaduct
construction date
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70000 Britannia was hauling Vintage Trains Limited “The Cumbrian Guardsman” steam hauled from Hellifield to Carlisle over the Settle to Carlisle Line returning to Carnforth via Shap.
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| 70000 Britannia crosses Dandry Mire Viaduct |
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| Britannia heads onto Dandry Mire Viaduct |
After this our second visit of the day was to Dent Head Viaduct. The intention was to photograph 60009 Union of South Africa with The Railway Touring Company’s “Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express”
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| Dent Head Viaduct |
Dent Head Viaduct is a 10 arch viaduct with a combined length of 199 yds (182m) long standing 100ft (30m) high.
As we arrived it was a sunny
afternoon and would have made a spectacular photograph with the train crossing
over the viaduct. Unfortunately the train was running a few minutes late so by
then, the sun had dipped behind the
hills lighting up only the distant fells as Union of South Africa crossed the
viaduct.
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| 60009 Union of South Africa crosses Dent Head Viaduct |
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