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Ok Southern Steam and Galatea does not compute, but that was the name of todays RTC excursion, Victoria to Weymouth. Galatea puts up a good show on this tour vHXmjCSAoaE

Two views from Radley Station (one from the old Abingdon Bay platform), Passing the watering stop at Oxford up and down, A view of Oxford up and down from the footbridge, the water bowser from the road, and finally passing through Oxford Pl 3 and smartly through Oxford North Junction...

GHxZ4KDDKgs And here we have the newly overhauled rebuilt SR Battle of Britain Class 34052 "Lord Dowding" heading a rare stem football excursion to take Crystal Palace fans to the last match of the 2016 English premier league at Southampton. It is in fact not really 34052, but rebuilt...

gsbTdxk8TTU BR Class 52 Diesel Hydraulic no D1015 "Western Champion" roars through West Byfleet at night, heading the return leg of the Pathfinders Tours "The Western Challenger" tour, from Oakhampton to London Waterloo.

Yesterday morning we were looking forward to double headed steam, And I was planning on loading up clips from two days in Cornwall and Devon. Yesterday afternoon one of the planned locos failed, so we were left with one, I curtailed my trip, but what a fine sight it made. Here we have LMS Royal...

Biggleswade, just before the trespass incident at St Neots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFm40HCGdTQ

Ok, the timetable went to pot, the weather was alternately lousy and bearable, there were shed loads of people, traffic and parking was a pain, it was chaos and confusion, it was facing the wrong way for the best shots, I was cold wet and tired, and 4472s whistle was pathetic with a capital Pee...

2015 - Its been a difficult year for UK mainline Steam, 2016 has an uncertain future, so the music is apt for those that recognise it. Enjoy however this small kaleidoscope of fast moving dramatic machinery. AliTjtMhDec

5Z11 1710 Ramsgate E.M.U.D. to Southall Wcr STP schedule UID U63860, identity 5Z11 Runs on 29/08/2015 only Service code 22244008 Empty Coaching Stock TRUST ID 895Z111U29 Running as 5Z11 Activated 29/08/2015 14:18 mPEyzdx9g-E

At 10:28 you can savour the most awesome soundtrack of Mayflower powering up the top of the 1:100 gradient to Sole Street, Don't miss however, at 5:52, Mayflower blowing The Fat Controllers hat off at Shepherds Well, smoke still pouring out of the tunnel some 10 minutes later. In the mix we...

LNER Thompson B1 Class 61306 "Mayflower" hammers through the sleepy oxfordshire town of Tackley heading the Cathedrals Express Southend on Sea to Stratford upon Avon. SYfiAZwEfZ4

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Saw a LE movement on RTT from Southall WCR to Hove, then Hove to Guildford & back. Assuming, correctly, that it was the measurement train, and it wasn't far out my way, I popped out to video it. yzfMrFjkmns Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrKnowwun

With a little bit of Assistance from a 47, but it sure looks and sounds the part. We were due to have LNER A4 class 60009 Union of South Africa run the 12th Aug Dorset Coast Express. Suddenly at the last moment it seems that it could be out of gauge for that route. So at the last moment...

/CPq3dwF8grA LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 no 60009 Union of South Africa on a light engine move from Crewe to Southall WCR shed. Caught twice here, at Kings Langley and Hanwell, 60009 has come down to head Wednesdays Dorset Coast Express. Also caught 86628 & 86614 double heading a Felixstowe Frieghtliner