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Sunday, 20 December 2015
Alfred's last fling before Christmas
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The weather has been unseasonably warm this autumn and early winter, but very wet as well. Today was an exception to that - clear blue skie...
Monday, 14 December 2015
The age of the Jumbo Jet is drawing to a close
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It's time to say goodbye to the Jumbo Jet, the aeroplane that changed the airline industry and took Concorde's crown. In 1969...
Sunday, 13 December 2015
No steam today, but a lovely lunch enjoyed.... and a buffet missed
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Chris and I enjoyed a superb lunch today at the Edge Hotel, Alderley Edge. The weather was not good for running steam locomotives, bu...
Sunday, 6 December 2015
A little 'Alfred' maintenance, then a nice run today at Urmston.
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While running 'Alfred' at Urmston club track we'd noticed the right hand injector was reluctant to pick up. Injectors are magic...
Friday, 27 November 2015
So farewell then, Mike Hunter.........
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The black funeral tie was out of my wardrobe again today. Mike Hunter, fellow National Trust volunteer at Styal and Nether Alderley Mills, ...
Thursday, 26 November 2015
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Just a few summers ago... Flying Chipmunk G-BCSL around the Lleyn peninsula out of Liverpool John Lennon. (Click on any picture for a lar...
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Unbelievable! West Coast Railways does it again!
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Ex-Southern Railway West Country Pacific 'Tangmere' In March this year West Coast Railways (WCR) were operating ex-Southern Ra...
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