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@njvphotographee

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Amateur photographer based in the North West with a main interest in Heritage Railways and photography. All views, comments and opinions are my own.

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The woman of the moment , caught in a moment of thought @JoanneMCrompton on 34092 City of Wells
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Hi all, #Steamfix video today, a class 24 diesel has failed on a heavy freight and 8f class locomotive 48305 has been summoned to assist. Meanwhile Jinty 47298 has been requested as a banker , perhaps 🤔, watch to the end and enjoy sights and sounds of days gone by.
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Good morning all, I start today with last nights sunset over Manchester. Never seen anything like it. Have a great day @StormHour @bbcweather @BBCWthrWatchers
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I recently posted a photo of steam on the Manchester Metrolink, here is a short video at Radcliffe as the works train departs
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3 years
For your #FridayFeeling the #Steamfix returns with 4 locos in one photo. Have a great day everyone
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2 years
Good morning, little and large for todays #Steam in a scene never to be repeated. Have a great Sunday everyone
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A rare occurrence ⁦ @RailwayMuseum ⁩ today , the cod mouth of Mallard was opened and then as seen in the video closed . I have never seen this happen with Mallard
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2 years
Good morning, again, this video clip is todays #steamfix , crank up the volume, watch to the end to see the second pug , the sounds of the wagons. Pure magic of times gone by.
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2 years
Have a great evening all, from my archives and the best photographic evening I initiated and helped organise. @DelticPS
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Good morning everyone, for your #tuesdayvibe one I have shared before but I feel that a reflection is poignant for todays #Steamfix . This photo is in my top 5 of all time . Welcome to my new followers and thank you to everyone who likes and re tweets over the years.
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Good morning all, the #Steamfix taken last Saturday at the @WorthValley . 8 , yes 8 locomotives all in steam. One is behind 44871 on the left . Wow , an amazing sight I set off at 0600 to capture. The people who made this happen deserve tremendous credit . Have a great day.
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Good afternoon all, weather poor again with a lot of cloud so lighten an evening mood what better than a #Dieselfix . Well to be precise 5 deltics singing their Napier noise.
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3 years
Hi everyone, for your #sundayvibes it's a colourful #Steamfix today from my archives Have a great day everyone.
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Good morning all, the #Steamfix , moving the goods on a frosty morning. Have a great Thursday and Cumbrian friends stay safe with the weather.
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One year ago in that there #London , the most amazing conditions for a #Steamfix . Have a great day everyone.
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4 months
Hi all with the news that #Flyingscotsman is to have a new operator on behalf of the @RailwayMuseum for the #Steamfix my favourite photo I have taken of the locomotive. I have shared before but thought it apt for today. Have a great day everyone
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21st July 1967, inside #Sunderland shed in July 1967 from the Harvey Scowcroft collection of which for new followers I am the curator as it has been passed to me, a lot more to share with you all as time goes on for the #Steamfix @SunderlandEcho @SunderlandUK
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#Steamfix the lady of the moment still , rightly so. One of my favourite people photos of @JoanneMCrompton so here she is , the accompanying photo is of a service Joanne was firing . Seems to me you would have to be competent to fire a loco of that size and heavy train @RAIL .
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#Flyingscotsman in the shed at night for the evening #Steamfix . Have a lovely evening all.
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Only for a ten minute window if that , is this angle of light to illuminate and create this stunning light . Add that it only happens for approx 2 weeks a year and for your evening #Steamfix patience and perseverance pays off from my archives.
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Good morning all , September 1969 for the amazing #Steamfix from the Harvey Scowcroft collection . This one overlooking the Walkden area with a train from Astley Green colliery to br exchange sidings. Have a great day all.
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Good morning all , your #Steamfix today from ⁦ @LocoServicesGrp ⁩ is 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley on the ⁦ @SettleCarlisle ⁩ at Blea Moor. A classic scene with Ingleborough looming over in the background. Have a great day all.
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Hi all , the #Steamfix from my archives . I personally like this one as most people only see a steam locomotive at platform level . This photo shows how big driving wheels really are . Hope you enjoy 😊
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An ex works ex LMS class 25 locomotive is seen shunting on a glorious winters morning with @LiamBarnesPhoto . @RAIL @chris_railway . What a stunning job the owners have done with those tankers. All restored and painted by volunteers.
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@elrdiesel ⁩ ⁦ @ELRPSociety ⁩ ⁦ @RAIL ⁩ Photographic afternoon recreating those 1970s days just now .
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Good morning all , I have quite a few new followers so apologies for a repeat for the #Steamfix with #FlyingScotsman100 . Have a great day everyone.
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September 1964 and Heap Bridge near Bury is todays #Steamfix from the Harvey Scowcroft collection. This scene is unrecognisable now as all to the left is now gone . Have a great day all .
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Thanks for all the likes and views on my last photo. Another angle not normally seen as ⁦ @LiamEBarnes ⁩ opens the front of 60009 Union of South Africa to reveal the smokebox door #Steamfix
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7th August 1965 is todays #Steamfix from the Harvey Scowcroft collection. This is #Shrewsbury . I have rescued the colour balance and darkness in photoshop . Given the original slide is near 60 years old the quality is stunning . Have a great day all.
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My friends I tell you funniest programme ever was #HIGNFY with @VictoriaCoren in superb form , possibly the best ever episode . Ps Victoria, pls tell me you would not shag Lawrence 🦊 lol
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2 years
From me a princess and a Jubilee have a wonderful evening . Thank you again for the likes and re tweets of my #Steamfix , means a lot.
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Good morning all, crank up the volume as 45212 leaves Keighley on the @WorthValley steam gala this morning for the #Steamfix . It really is worth the watch
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2 years
It's a goodnight from me with one of the most unusual workings you will ever see. No photoshop, from my archives @MCRMetrolink ,Radcliffe at 3am . #Steamfix
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Good morning all , #steamfix for today , 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley in shed . A photo that for many reasons I will never be able to repeat so it’s a real treasure. Have the best day you can everyone.
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Good morning all, Duchess of Sutherland video clip at Clapham Junction is todays #Steamfix . Have a great day everyone.
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Good morning everyone, off to the seaside for todays #steamfix . 20 years ago took this slide, scanned last night. Have a great day everyone.
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For this evenings railway tweet the days of the dmu recreated on a wet night . Have a great evening everyone
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A quartet of steam locomotives for the evening #Steamfix from my archives . Have a lovely evening all. Take care
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Good morning all, from my archives on a morning not dissimilar to today the B1 class Mayflower is seen moving the early morning freight . Have a great Sunday everyone
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Good morning all, as we are under a met office warming for rain , rain makes puddles :) , an oldie but goldie of 60103 Flying Scotsman, #Steamfix . Have the best day you can everyone.
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Morning, #Steamfix for your #MondayMotivaton , early morning moving the goods along . Have a great day everyone.
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Hi all , #Steamfix for today , have the best day you can
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Good morning all, one I have been looking forward to sharing from the Mike Taylor collection. January 1993 , 4472 Flying Scotsman for the #Steam of the day. Have a great Saturday.
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Good morning all, for the #Steamfix it’s snow, sun and a morning freight. Sometimes it all comes together. Have a great Sunday everyone.
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Good morning all , a look back to last year and ⁦ @railwaytouring ⁩ special from #London approaching #Clapham for the #Steamfix . This one instantly in my top ten of all time I think for railway photography.
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3 months
As some of you may recall I have been scanning the late Harvey Scowcroft collection. For me this is a stunner. I have processed the jpeg in Adobe Camera raw for those interested. 4th March 1967 #Steamfix
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3 years
Have a lovely evening all, #Deltic fix for the evening. Enjoy the sunshine if you have it, thanks as always for favourites and re tweets. My photo from a few years ago 😀
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21st August 2016 is your #Steamfix as 46115 Scots Guardsman is seen leaving #Manchester Oxford Road . The station is Grade 2 listed and based on the Sydney Opera House with its structured curved roof sections. @northernassist and @networkrail being the custodians .
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Morning all, the moving the goods theme continues with the #steamfix , you may have gathered a theme on the location :). Have a great Sunday everyone.
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For the night time #Steamfix it’s that engine again #FlyingScotsman from my archives , have a lovely evening everyone.
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Good morning all, winter is coming. . #FlyingScotsman in the snow is the #steamfix for your #sundayvibes . Have a great day all.
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Good morning all, for your #Wednesdayvibe the #Steamfix from my vaults.. Have a great day everyone.
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Good morning all , 5th June 2010 and a claggy departure from Blackpool North for the #Steamfix for today . Have the best day you can everyone.
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Good morning all, for the #steamfix and your #sundayvibes comes from an early morning on the @WorthValley as engines readied for a recent steam gala. Have a great day all and thank you for the support of my photos. Means a lot
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Good morning everyone, hope you all have a great Friday. #Steamfix for todays theme is moving the goods. I quite like this as different as the way the sun catches the early morning exhaust. Have the best day you can all, certainly a wet one here.
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Good morning , a short video clip of this mornings whistle up ⁦ @RudyardLake ⁩ railway #Steamfix , short clip but worth the noise
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Good morning all, a different view for your #SundayMorning as 34092 City of Wells on the approach to Bury with @JoanneMCrompton on the regulator 😀 2nd April 2022. #Steamfix
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Good morning everyone, for your #mondaythoughts a #steamfix from Saturday and the @WorthValley steam gala preparations. 7 engines in this photo. Have a great day
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12th Feb 1983 is todays #Steamfix from the Harvey Scowcroft collection . Have a great day everyone
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Good morning all , #Steamfix for your #MondayMorning . May be a marmite photo this one , taken on Saturday , the steam clears just enough to reveal the loco. Have a great day everyone
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4 years
Good morning all , this mornings #mondayinspiration comes in the shape of 3 the a4 class steam locomotive from my archives seen @nymr . Have a great day all.
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Good morning all, with the news that 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley is visiting @eastlancsrly next year for the #Steamfix here is the loco on a previous visit in 2014 , my son beaming as the fireman, next time he will be driving it. Dreams come true
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3 years
Google reminded me of this today from December 2007. Have fun all , its a #sunset #Steamfix taken on the @eastlancsrly #Stormhour #ThePhotoHour
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Good afternoon all , #Steamfix today from the Harvey Scowcroft collection which has been passed to me. The year is 1965 , location is Ladybridge Lane nr Bolton. Have a great day everyone, the best you can
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Morning all , a short video clip today as we said our final goodbyes to our dear departed friend Harvey Scowcroft, the long whistle as the train heads away is the time his ashes went up the chimney of the loco he also paid to be painted. #Steamfix
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Good morning all , 46100 Royal Scot is todays #Steamfix . Have the best day you can. Everyone
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Morning all , 6th April 1966 is todays #Steamfix from the Harvey Scowcroft collection , now owned and curated by myself. Carlisle Kingmoor is the depot . Have a great day everyone
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2 years
Morning all, its a namer of a #Steamfix today , 71000 Duke of Gloucester and 3440 City of Truro. Hope everyone has a great day. This was July 2007.
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Good afternoon on a joyous day , #Steamfix is a short video from last Sunday on the line from Buxton to Hindlow with ⁦ @westcoastrail ⁩ and ⁦ @railwaytouring ⁩ . Hope everyone enjoys the video clip.
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2 years
#dieselfix for today comes from Manchester and my archives . Have a great day all.
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Good morning all, a look back to September 2014 and at approx 3am on a Sunday morning . @eastlancsrly provided steam power for an engineers train on @MCRMetrolink . These previously unpublished photos of mine are for your #Steamfix . Have a great day
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Have a lovely evening all , a night time #Steamfix from my archives.
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Morning all, a look back to some Great Western #Steamfix from 2005 on the ⁦ @LlangollenRail ⁩ . Have the best day you can all..
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Good morning , a colourful study of North Eastern Railway liveried p3 for your #thursdayvibes with the #Steamfix . Have a great safe day.
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Good evening everyone , every once in a while I do crazy things to get the angle I need for the photo. So for this #Steamfix at #sunsetphotography I lay flat on my stomach in oil, coal, soot, dust, water for this one @StormHour
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Good morning all, 23 years ago I took todays #Steamfix . Hope everyone has the best day they can.
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Good morning all for the #Steamfix a dip into my archives to welcome back #Frost this morning . This one from about 20 years ago. Taken on the ⁦ @eastlancsrly ⁩ . This view now changed with a caravan park and green metallic fencing. Have a great day everyone.
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A goodnight #steamfix with #Princesselizabeth . Sleep well everyone
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Good morning all , 16th May 1981 is the date of todays #Steamfix from the Harvey Scowcroft collection. A Carnforth to Chester tour seen here at Burnden junction . Bolton can be seen in the background. Have a great day all .
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Good morning all, the #Steamfix for your #Saturday is 3440 City of Truro . Have a great day everyone.
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#BoxingDay and a look back to the 26th December 2004, wow 17 years ago , for the #Steamfix . Conditions do not get much better for steam photography than this.
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Good morning all , for your #Sundayvibes a Saint in the rain video , watch as the engine passes by with the fireman firing and the glow of the firebox . Have a great day everyone, loco is from ⁦ @DidcotRailwayC ⁩ and seen on ⁦ @eastlancsrly ⁩ yesterday #Steamfix
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Good morning , for your #Steamfix of today we are looking back to the days of the Great Western with a winters feel. Have a great day and thanks again for your support on twitter. Very humbled with the number of people looking each day.
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Good morning, I know I have a few followers who like a #Deltic so for the #fridaymorning photo here you go. Be safe in the storms
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Good morning all , from my archives it’s the #Steamfix for your #mondaythoughts of days gone bye , love the horse just not bothered. Have a great day everyone, at least it’s not as cold.
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Good morning all, #Steamfix video from yesterday, it’s a short one but right loco on a superb local set from yesterday at the ⁦ @GcrGreat ⁩ last hurrah gala . Have a great Sunday everyone
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Good morning all , it’s a case of double standards for your #Steamfix this #MondayMotivation . Visiting from Severn Valley , std 4 pilots Std 5 past Woodthorpe bridge . Have a great day all
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Good morning all, if today goes to plan it will be a special one for the #Steamfix and #FridayFeeling , reflecting on the week gone. @RailwayMuseum famous locomotive #FlyingScotsman for you today in a reflective mood. Have a good one all.
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Good morning all , the wintry seasonal #Steamfix continues . Have a great day all , the best you can
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7th August 1965, Shrewsbury shed from the late Harvey Scowcroft collection is todays #Steamfix , oh for a time machine. Please note I am now the owner of the collection following Harvey passing last year. He is still greatly missed by us all who knew him. His legacy lives on.
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Good morning all, a short video of a lms pug locomotive shunting in the rain from last week for the #Steamfix . Have a great Sunday everyone.
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Good morning all, the # Steamfix today is in a reflective mood. Portrait mode so may need a click. This has been one of my best viewed photos on Flickr and Facebook. Hope you like it. Take care all
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December 2017 saw the most amazing sunset on shed I have ever seen . So a sunset #Steamfix for this evening that I hope you enjoy . It’s exactly as it was ⁦ @JoanneMCrompton ⁩ was there from memory.
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Hi all , a private photographic event this afternoon for a friends 80th Birthday . So for the #Steamfix a short video clip of a lovely loco and parcels train.
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2 years
Sorry am late with your #MondayMotivaton #steamfix , here is @71000Loco in profile from my archives. Keep well everyone
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Good morning, the #Steamfix is a portrait of 3440 City of Truro, seen here in 2005 on the ⁦ @CVRofficialsite ⁩ . Have a great day everyone.
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Good morning all, 22 years ago todays #Steamfix was taken so a scanned negative for this double header. 75014 and 42765 cross Brooksbottom viaduct on the ⁦ @eastlancsrly ⁩ under a #stormhour sky. Have a great day everyone.
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7 months
Morning all, short video clip from a recreation of an East German train, note the DR on the coaches and uniform of the guard. Have a great day all.
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9 months
Good morning all , the #Steamfix before Mass this morning . A look back to 2007 , 76079 pilots 5690 Leander past 3440 City of Truro . Have a great day everyone, the best you can .
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My friend Driver Cronin takes Earl of Mount Edgecumbe with a lovely bark out of Crewe earlier this afternoon. 1st June 2024 with the Mersey Express . #Steamfix
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