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47370 being carried to its final resting place. It was being taken to be scrapped after sitting neglected for many years at Ipswich station. Seen on the A14 on a slow moving vehicle. http://susan.picturebook.org.uk/p58761399.html

I took these 2 when staying at Llangollen for their 6880 steam gala last month. http://www.railforums.co.uk/picture.php?albumid=75&pictureid=402 http://www.railforums.co.uk/picture.php?albumid=75&pictureid=404 Comments and criticism appreciated. I still only have a point and shoot...

I dont know if its already on this site somewhere but in view of the discussions on here about rail enthusiasts being hassled on stations I thought you might be interested in signing this petition on the governments number 10 website. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/railenthusiasts/

I am thinking about going to take some train pics, especially freight at Stratford,( or nearby), or Peterborough. Apart from Stratford station does anyone have any ideas where I could get some good shots. I will probably drive there and cant walk much.Also I know that the numbers of freight...

Steel, Steam & Stars on 17th to 26th April I'm really looking forward to this one. We have a cottage, booked for the whole week, that has the railway line almost at the bottom of the garden with views of it from the cottage windows.When we are not out riding on the trains or visiting other...

I went out today and took lots of non railway photos ( boats and stuff) and it was a very overcast day. http://susan.picturebook.org.uk/c1665633.html As I expected lots of the pictures came out dark. I had my little Canon Ixus 950IS on auto. I have photoshop elements on my computer and could...

My best train journey was January 7th 2008 when we went from Peterborough to Aberdeen. It was my first rail trip to Scotland and I got loads of photos from the train and enjoyed crossing the Forth and Tay bridges and Border bridge at Berwick and the bridge at Newcastle. The best thing about...

I have uploaded some more pics from the North Norfolk "Thats yer lot" steam gala. I would appreciate comments, negative as well. I have used photoshop to improve a photo in a way not allowed on POTW. Its file is 90775 photoshopped. I would appreciate advice on how I could have done this better...

A few pictures I took at the North Norfolk Steam gala on Saturday. http://susan.picturebook.org.uk/c1661435.html

I had a fantastic day out on Tornado's valentine lunch tour. Photo opportunities of Tornado were limited by huge crowds on the platforms and my inability to walk much so I tried to get some different shots. I have just started to set up a fotopic site and would appreciate comments, criticism (...

I know I cant use flash to take photos of trains at night. So does anyone know if/how I can disable the flash on my little Canon Ixus camera. I know it has a setting for night shots. I want to take some pictures for this weeks photo comp with movement at night.

I am going on a Steam Dreams trip from Waterloo station on 14th Feb. I am disabled and am wondering how far it is from the taxi rank to platform 19 as I have trouble walking. Steam Dreams said they would find out if they could get me help but they havent got back to me.

Can anyone tell me where I can get either EWS or freightliner locomotive diagrams please?