Thursday was the start to an even busier end of week than usual for me. first off was the york trip on thursday, to start off with i stopped off at doncaster to phot 2 x 08s, 20s, and 47s and the 91 that were in the yard at doncaster (was hoping to see 67023 but it disapeared) after that i carried on to york and spent a little time modern train spotting, after which i got on the Grand Central service going as far as thirsk. for haulage i had 180112 going to thirsk and after 11 minutes at thirsk another Grand Central service arrived and i got that back to york this time i had my valenta beast 43123 with 43067 on the rear for haulage. i then went to the NRM to join in their Mallard celebrations (for those who don't know 4468 Mallard will soon be leaving the NRM york to go to shildon) at the NRM jinty 47406 onloan from the Great Central in return for them having Rocket was giving passenger rides in the south yard. a great time was had at york and the NRM. after the NRM i got some KFC :P and went back to the mainline station to wait for 6D43 which is 60 hauled from jarrow to linsey today 60010 was on this working (it was a little early and took the least expected line so took me by surprise) just as it was leaving colas 47 (47739) came through with 2 barriers, i also had heads up that a 37 was arriving and sure enough in came 37423 with caroline and thanks to late trains i was able to get a few more photos before i left. just as we approached doncaster i saw 67017 with more barriers so got off at doncaster to see the colas 47 again and a refurbed class 508 ready for transfer and sneakily behind these was 67023 by now trains were held and delayed due to an electric fault at doncaster. eventually after a while and photographing the newer arrivals at doncaster 67023 came out to play and another 67 in my books finally to top it off my newer train home was HST hauled a great way to top off a great day
The next day on friday was an added bonus as the family decided to go to hunstanton for the day so we all car'd down for the day and had a whale of a time by the sea
Saturday i was back in norfolk again this time for the North Norfolk Railway's mixed traction gala starring 44767 george stephenson, LEV1, the repainted 101, 31207, 65462, 69621 and 25057 things stated off as usual (LATE) but they soon made up time and didn't get no later than 15 minutes i managed to get a ride on all the locos and had a great time in the afternoon the 101 failed meaning the LEV got to come out again. an 08 was kept busy shunting all day meaning i also got to see 5619, IOVR, the 37 and 47, and the overhauled tender of 8572 (61572) a great day at sheringham until national express ruined things one of their trains was terminated at cromer and canceled meaning we were stranded for an hour but still got back to sheringham where an added bonus of a DRS 47 and 37 and 90018 awaited and thanks to a late running EMT 158 i was able to photo all of them before getting on the 158 for the sleepy and boring trip home
sunday was a usual lazy day in home town and the next week should see things return to normality
thanks to everyone involved for giving me a fantastic week off
The next day on friday was an added bonus as the family decided to go to hunstanton for the day so we all car'd down for the day and had a whale of a time by the sea
Saturday i was back in norfolk again this time for the North Norfolk Railway's mixed traction gala starring 44767 george stephenson, LEV1, the repainted 101, 31207, 65462, 69621 and 25057 things stated off as usual (LATE) but they soon made up time and didn't get no later than 15 minutes i managed to get a ride on all the locos and had a great time in the afternoon the 101 failed meaning the LEV got to come out again. an 08 was kept busy shunting all day meaning i also got to see 5619, IOVR, the 37 and 47, and the overhauled tender of 8572 (61572) a great day at sheringham until national express ruined things one of their trains was terminated at cromer and canceled meaning we were stranded for an hour but still got back to sheringham where an added bonus of a DRS 47 and 37 and 90018 awaited and thanks to a late running EMT 158 i was able to photo all of them before getting on the 158 for the sleepy and boring trip home
sunday was a usual lazy day in home town and the next week should see things return to normality
thanks to everyone involved for giving me a fantastic week off
