Railfest....

plewsy2105 · Post by **plewsy2105** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:51 pm

hi all

anyone going to railfest???

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:59 pm

Yes - but I haven't yet decided when.................. it WILL be a weekday, however!

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:00 am

Days I'm there:

Today
Tomorrow
Saturday
Sunday
Tuesday (Cleaning)
Wednesday (Cleaning)
Thursday (Spare, so may be floating around else where)
Friday in the evening

I will add that I'm helping out on the Ffestiniog bit firing/cleaning Palmerston

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu May 31, 2012 10:05 am

I'm coming down for a day on Saturday after my last exam.

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:46 pm

I'll be there on Saturday - very much looking forward to it!

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:20 pm

Going on Monday evening (for the photo thing) and Tuesday.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:18 pm

No idea yet, I would love to having very much enjoyed railfest 2004 but uni work and lack of ambition from my dad to go is meaning I might not. Anyone that does go remember to look out for Synolda!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:13 pm

Friday - Sunday on the FR running line.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:38 pm

Sorry for the delay, but here are my pics from the first day of railfest.

http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff24 ... 1_0587.jpg

The queue at 9:00 (I got there at 8:30).

After waiting ages for the staff to get organised, we were finally let in, and This is what awaited us inside.

http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff24 ... 1_0595.jpg

http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff24 ... 0650-1.jpg

http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff24 ... 1_0613.jpg

Overall, a really great day, although a very expensive one. Still, the beer was nice, and a got a nice little book on Henry Greenly.

Endless, Nameless · Post by **Endless, Nameless** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:56 pm

Blimey! That's one hell of a selection of locos- some famous and some not so too.

Nice to see the industrials getting a look in- the Rev. Boston's Peckett is an unusual thing, the Monster is well, a monster and the as one of the last steam engines in regular revenue earning industrial use in the UK it's great to see the Castle Donny Power Station RS&H getting a share of the limelight.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:23 pm

Endless, Nameless:71473 wrote:Blimey! That's one hell of a selection of locos- some famous and some not so too.

Nice to see the industrials getting a look in- the Rev. Boston's Peckett is an unusual thing, the Monster is well, a monster and the as one of the last steam engines in regular revenue earning industrial use in the UK it's great to see the Castle Donny Power Station RS&H getting a share of the limelight.

The Rev. Boston's Teddy was on shuttle duties with Truro. It certainly made quite a noise when it was it's turn to do the work.

Synolda sadly wasn't in the best of fettle. Someone messed up her valve gear the last time she was in the works at ravenglass, and so sounded distinctly off beat. I'll see if I can get a video of her up on YouTube.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psjXoYUh4lU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLQur6VD ... e=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBpsYnCI ... e=youtu.be

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:33 am

Did you not get a pic of the ECML class 91 in battle of britain livery? That looks rather awesome TBH.
Lovely pics indeed.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:38 am

Pendo Pilot:71476 wrote:Did you not get a pic of the ECML class 91 in battle of britain livery? That looks rather awesome TBH.
Lovely pics indeed.

Unfortunately no, I couldn't get any closer due to the crowd.

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:18 am

You even managed to get a picture of me in there

I'll upload my pics when I eventually get round to it, like many other hundreds of things

Chris Cairns · Post by **Chris Cairns** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:55 pm

Thanks for posting those photos Matt.

I'll be there on Thursday and will be bringing the sun from Scotland.

Chris Cairns.

plewsy2105 · Post by **plewsy2105** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:26 pm

ah just back from York after a weekend helping with 925 Cheltenham what a weekend

Steven.T · Post by **Steven.T** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:59 pm

Is Scotsman finished?

plewsy2105 · Post by **plewsy2105** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:15 pm

nope its still missing a few bits

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:18 pm

ste234:71510 wrote:Is Scotsman finished? :shock:

No, she's going back to bury after railfest for completion.

No offence to the people who've worked on her, but she did look a bit of a sorry sight, with her valve gear and most of her fittings missing. Looked more like a cosmetically restored Barry wreck than the NRM's flagship loco.

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