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....at Butterley today! I again took the humble Britomart and Snowdon as a backup loco, but was only used today to slow down the use of meths, as in two days, Britomart has gone through 2 bottles of the stuff with an overall running time of 6 hours but anyway, here are the pics from today



Britomart and Snowdon being preped for the day



Britomart quickly raising pressure once again after having a water top up



Narrow Minded was also in attendance! With Blodwen and Ogwen











and to finish off the day, some fun was had with Britomart and Ogwen double heading on the upper loop, to help with running Ogwen in!







Cheers for the lifts once again Greg! and sorry for the disappointment of Britomart running without any fires! However, running it on the top line at speed did sort of make up for it with the fire display there!

Did you really mean running "Ogwen" in -- or wearing it out ?

Seems to have been a contender for HS2 judging from the blurr of motion(s) !

Probably a bit of both and the trains were actually running that fast! (apart from the mamods near the end!) the lighting conditions weren't the best, so I did some scoping instead!

DolwyddelanLightRail:64530 wrote:....sorry for the disappointment of Britomart running without any fires! However, running it on the top line at speed did sort of make up for it with the fire display there!  :D

Oh dear ! Do I sense another story here ?



[Note to self: MUST stop ribbing James about Britomart. On the other hand ............................. What fun !]

Pretoria:64536 wrote:

DolwyddelanLightRail:64530 wrote:....sorry for the disappointment of Britomart running without any fires! However, running it on the top line at speed did sort of make up for it with the fire display there!  :D

Oh dear !   Do I sense another story here ?  

Funny you should ask!

Now, where does the story begin..............................
We already know that Britomart ran and ran and ran and ran
On a day not brilliant for photography, but great for steam effects!



While Snowdon was relegated to the sidings for most of the afternoon



and Blodwen performed impecably on the dual-gauge loop



What you haven't been told, is that Sir Haydn was in attendance with a certain "Lady"



and J.B.Earle looking stunning as ever and whose prototypical train just keeps growing!



Meanwhile Siobhan is seen at rest after some SPECTACULAR steam displays from her "pop" valve earlier!



You also weren't informed that Mr. Meths & Merddin turned up as a nice surprise!



or that this Baldwin was running like a proverbial Swiss Watch



But I suppose you really want to know about "the fire"
Well, at this location not long after this photo



I was re-gassing Ogwen while Britomart was also being "fettled". The smell of hot steam oil & burning meths...... Mmmmmh!
The smell of burnt eyebrows when the "pool" of gas under Ogwen ignited...... Not so Mmmmh!

I'l have to come along to the next steamup gents, if you're amenable to that idea. Now I have some coaches and at least two working engines...

Crickey you've had a busy weekend!
Great pics, Still have to get there one day!

If I dare to ever come to an event, I will have to wear my Britomart protection suit:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=isch ... l0.3.6l9l0

There is NO protection from "The Britomart Effect".

Stand TOO close for TOO long and you WILL spontaneously combust!

Narrow Minded:64542 wrote:There is NO protection from "The Britomart Effect".

Stand TOO close for TOO long and you WILL spontaneously combust!  :roll:

Narrow Minded:64538 wrote: We already know that Britomart ran and ran and ran and ran

Ah yes!





Until I ran out of meths Next time I must bring two bottles with me! and I'm also surprised I've only been burnt once by Britomart as well!

You could do with some sort of disclaimer for Britomart...

"Those with wooden rolling stock or oversize eyebrows stay back a fair few feet. Those without, you are still not safe!"

Mmmm, Merddin, best engine in the operable fleet.

SillyBilly:64552 wrote:Mmmm, Merddin, best engine in the operable fleet.

I'll have to bring "Jane" along to stretch her legs some!

Can we get the mods to drmote James to Fireman again in hounor of britomart.

I do like blodwyn, she is almost as good as my blodwyn (mamod with snowplough)

Sir Clothem Cap:64562 wrote:Can we get the mods to drmote  James to Fireman again in hounor of britomart.

Surely the point is that he's a fireman already -- all too literally !