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UK trip 2009 - part 1 (43 pics, 1 video)

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Reini

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Hi folks!

From june 26th to july 4th I spent some days in the UK taking photos of the usual train traffic ;)

I took an AerLingus flight from Vienna to London Gatwick, but first I took this photo at the airport of Vienna:

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The next shots were taken at Gatwick airport

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As I had some time to get to London I decided to go via Reading, where I took those photos of FGW HSTs:

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I still had some time to get on the Riviera sleeper to Cornwall, so I took some photos at Kings Cross:

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Those photos were taken on friday evening at London Paddington:

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a departing HST:

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an underground train zooming past:

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The following morning I got off the sleeper in Par -to go back to Dawlish. Here you can see the Class 150 arriving in Par:

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I went to Langstone Rock to photograph the two railtours which run on that day. But first, I took some photos of the normal traffic:

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Some minutes later, the "Kernow Growler" from Birmingham to Penzance, hauled by a pair of DRS class 37, came by:

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The 40145 from Portsmouth was about 30 minutes late:

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Now I went to Totnes, to spend some time at the South Devon Railway. Here you can see a XC HST passing the SDR station:

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D6737 hauled the "driver's experience train" today:

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The steam hauled passenger train is arriving at Totnes:

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On the way to Buckfastleigh we passed D6737 on the return trip to Totnes:

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The steam train is ready to depart at Buckfastleigh:

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On the way back to Totnes station, a XC Voyager came by:

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I planned to photograph the return trip of the Kernow Growler on the Royal Albert Bridge, so I went to Saltash, where I took the photo of the HST crossing the bridge:

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It would be a perfect photo spot - without the house...

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the railtour:

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I even had some good luck and was able to photograph the train departing Plymouth:

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For the other second railtour I went back to Totnes:

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40145 on the way back:

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This are the videos for part one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52sz4SqtpBc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACwY-sK-lhk

any comments?
 
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andrewmay

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Fantastic stuff as always! The shot of the Whistler before going under the bridge is really excellent. More please:D
 

D1001

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Excellent stuff - must have been a great trip and you clearly put a lot of effort into it!
 
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