Saturday, 11 November 2023

Salisbury Cathedral - Illuminations

"Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen."

The Lord's Prayer Matthew 6 v9-13 (King James Version) Holy Bible






Sunday, 1 October 2023

Train Daze - Watercress Line, Hampshire

"Speeding, sparks like lightning
Engine working hard
Furnace on the foot plate
Shining in the night
Iron striking metal
The sound of racing steel
It's all I ever wanna hear
It's music to my ears
She was a princess of the night
I saw her riding on the war
She was a princess of the night
I take a ride across the sky"

Peter "Biff" Byford, Steve Dawson, Pete Gill, Graham Oliver, and Paul Quinn [1981]

 



Alton Station


BR Class 20 - D8188 - Built 1964

Medstead & Four Marks Station

Arlesford Station


Guy Arab Mk III Southampton Corporation Transport

Guy Arab Mk III Southampton Corporation Transport
technical data


GWR Collett 5205 - 5239 "Goliath" Built 1924





Goliath swapping ends and leaving Alton for Arlesford


Friday, 22 September 2023

Train Daze - Isle of Man Steam Railway: Douglas - Castletown

"This job I've got is a little bit too hard
Pennies in the money, little pay
Gonna wake up in the morning, pack my case
Beat it on down the line"

Jesse Fuller (1961)


 





Departing Douglas


Arriving Castletown

Loch 4 Steam Engine







Castle Rushen







Train Dazed

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Train Daze - Manx Electric Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway, Isle of Man


 










Arriving Snaefell Summit Station

End of the Line

towards Douglas with the line of the tramway showing

Snaefell Summit





























We will have to save a ride on the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway for another visit to the Isle.