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Barrow Hill Roundhouse LNER Steam Gala 10 November 2007

This annual event, this year on the theme of LNER locomotives, proved to be extremely popular with large crowds all over the site; this made photography very difficult. Arriving at 10:30 I was horrified to be faced with a slow-moving 350yd queue and eventually entered the site at 11:30. Almost immediately I ran into early bird Clive Hanley who had arrived at 8am. I took my stills camera which means the video footage is somewhat abridged and the stability of some of the shots is compromised by use of a monopod. Be warned the clips are rather large this week!

Those wishing to know more about this fascinating heritage site should visit the Barrow Hill official website

This sequence features most of the engines: GCR 4-4-0 express engine 506 Butler Henderson, LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 45593 Kolapur, K4 2-6-0 61994 Great Marquess, Peckett 2000, 2-6-2 4771 Green Arrow, J15 0-6-0 65462, K1 2-6-0 62005 Lord of the Isles, B1 4-6-0 61264, A2 2-6-2 Blue Peter and B1 4-6-0 1306 Mayflower. (6.7mB)

65462 takes a spin: the turntable in action inside the Roundhouse. (6.7mB)

The two B1s, 61264 and 1306 Mayflower, were coupled together in the late afternoon to pull the demonstration shuttle. Many thanks to Clive for the loan of his tripod for the final run past. (4.3mB)

North Norfolk Railway 1 September 2007

My camcorder now fixed and my microphone adaptor (which failed in April) now mysteriously working again, I set off at 6am fro the North Norfolk Railway with my spare camcorder stowed in the boot.....just in case. Guest engines - David Shepherd's 92203 "Black Prince" and GWR 0-6-2 tank 5643 - joined a line-up of 4 North Norfolk locos; 90775, 34081 (masquerading as 34057 "Biggin Hill"),J15 no. 65462 and N7 no. 69621. 34081 had failed on Friday, but passed its fitness test for Saturday.

We were lucky with the weather with plenty of sunshine, although you'll see very little evidence of this in my clips.

The smaller engines were run as double headers on several occasions. Here is a sequence of clips showing them in lively form. In sequence we see 69621/ 65462 on the cliffs above Sheringham, 65462 / 5643 at Kelling Heath and 5643 / 69621 at Dead Man's Hill. (4.1mB)

34081 (34057 "Biggin Hill" for the Gala) climbs out of Sheringham. (2.3mB)

The sight of golfers brought back some bad memories. Guest engine 9F no 92203 "Black Prince" commences the climb up to the cliffs above Sheringham. A nice peaceful location?...not a bit of it; the sound of the loco was drowned out by the passing cars on the busy A149 until she got quite close. I have substituted this intrusive noise with that from a more peaceful location until she becomes audible. Later we see her passing through the seriously steep Kelling cutting, where I was perched in the bracken with my feet pointing downwards at around 180 degrees like some latter-day Nureyev, although I did leave my lunchbox in the car at Weybourne. (3.8mB)

The two heavy freight engines - 9F 92203 Black Prince and Austerity 90775 at Bridge 303. I bet the driver of the veteran car did not expect, in his wildest dreams, to appear on "Steam on the Web"! (2.5mB)

34057 on the cliffs above Sheringham. (2.3mB)

Stalwart Austerity 2-10-0 no. 90775 puts on a nice show as she climbs away from Sheringham. Not for the first time, the sun disappeared just before the loco came into view. The photographer next to me would insist on sucking his lips as she approached. (2.4mB)

Mid Hants 27 June 2006

A video record of a trip on the Mid-Hants Railway on 27/6/06. I have used Google for this video as I believe the images are of better quality. The file is 12mB so the download is not for the feint-hearted. Watch out for the professional cameraman with the strange zooming technique filming the departure at Alresford.If you see him at other railways do NOT stand behind him!

Warning: The files are of substantial size and will take a considerable time to download for non-broadband users.