Recent content by almark

Hi all, Added 23 July-September 2012 steam photos to www.railwaysofgb.com : Highlights from this period include: - The Torbay Express with 70000 - The Weymouth Seaside Express with 70013 - The Royal Duchy with 70013 - The Scarborough Spa Express and Scarborough Flyer - The Bath Spa...

Hi All, Just a quick headsup for you all about a new website started by me and a number of contributors,it will showcase our best photos,videos and some simply stunning audio clips from 1967-2011 from John Tait who is sadly no longer with us. I'm currently going through diesel photos but steam...

Hi all, Just put together a set of 43 shots of the train itself and shadow loco 47760 after spending the week chasing the main train. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/sets/72157626429893177/ Cheers, Mark

Hi all, Went out to see 47790/832 on the Northern Belle at Balne this afternoon in wonderful weather conditions. Photo available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/5612899679/in/photostream Cheers, Mark

Was a fantastic day today,well done the GCR/GWSR for putting on such a great event and I really hope the funds raised help towards the restoration of the embankment. Good luck and thanks to all! My photos from this afternoon are now up at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/...

Had a fantastic day today at lineside. Truly unbeatable weather,first day this year I have left the coat at home,16C can't be beaten,with a wonderful Brit in service what could be better! My main shots from today now up at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/ Cheers, Mark

Rather sad then,be nice to see something like that preserved just for the nostalgia of it,no other testing veichles other than the IRIS are preserved?

Yeah looked lovely. So long as the 31s keep going.......... Out of interest how old is 999508?

Cheers :)

Hi all, Just put on a couple of shots from a new location that I found by accident today,loco is 31106 on 2Q88 Heaton-Doncaster http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/5514644647/ Cheers, Mark

Thanks for the info,I guess we got lucky! Just noticed you have a stop at Milford so may try and get north of there if I can find the time. Cheers, Mark

Haha cant be bad getting paid for all that 31 haulage! ;) A question I have been meaning to ask for a while now...........how come the 950 rarely (if ever?) does this Yorkshire 2Q turn,I can only recall 31s on it in recent times? Certainly March last year anyway? Any ideas which end the...

Its the wonderful blue paint ;) Really been spoilt with the weather which has a lot to do with it. I'll be out at Womersley for the return to Donny in the morning with any luck..... There is a shot from Heck Ings on my site as well,forgot to put that on Flickr....

Sadly Fotopic has blown up,happily,they are also on my Flickr ;) http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/ You may have seen me running around everywhere.....red coat! Only saw you 7 times over the last two days..... Cheers, Mark

Certainly I will be trying to transfer my gallery to Pikfu when its complete,can't afford to lose captions for 12k of shots