Reini
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Hello to the first part of my UK trip this year.
The UK trip was just the first part of a whole Europe tour, including the Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia.
Let's start on June 27th, when I flew from Bratislava to Birmingham. Unfortunately the flight was 2 hours late
This plane will take me to Birmingham:
The AirRail-Link between the airport and the railway station:
After I bought some food in New Street I went to Wolverhampton:
This train will bring me to Cosford...
...where I found this bridge:
Back at the station Freightline 66584 came by:
Unfortunately the train from London Marleybone to Wrexham was late, so I took only a photo of my train to Tame Bridge Parkway:
In Tame Bridge, I was able to take a photo of the 1h40mins late running London-Wrexham service:
After that I went to Coleshill where theblackwatch picked me up and we drove to a Travelodge were we spent a short night before we drove to Birmingham International to join the Cornish Explorer the next morning. It has been my first Deltic ride ever.
A London bound HST on the Dawlish Sea Wall:
20 minutes break in Plymouth, enough time for a photo:
After the arrival in Penzance:
In the break we did the short branch line to St Ives, here another shot of the Deltic, taken out the HST that took us to St Erth:
This unit is departing St Erth for St Ives:
We had some good luck, our seats have been in coach A, so we had a nice sound on the way back to Birmingham 8). The cathedral of Truro
The Royal Albert Bridge in Plymouth:
A glance into the Deltic's engine room:
The last photo of the day was taken in Exeter St Davids:
I really enjoyed the day with the Deltic, altough I got a little bit tired during the last few hours :???:
Part two (40th anniversary gala of the K&WVR) will come soon, hope you enjoyed part one!
The UK trip was just the first part of a whole Europe tour, including the Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia.
Let's start on June 27th, when I flew from Bratislava to Birmingham. Unfortunately the flight was 2 hours late
This plane will take me to Birmingham:
The AirRail-Link between the airport and the railway station:
After I bought some food in New Street I went to Wolverhampton:
This train will bring me to Cosford...
...where I found this bridge:
Back at the station Freightline 66584 came by:
Unfortunately the train from London Marleybone to Wrexham was late, so I took only a photo of my train to Tame Bridge Parkway:
In Tame Bridge, I was able to take a photo of the 1h40mins late running London-Wrexham service:
After that I went to Coleshill where theblackwatch picked me up and we drove to a Travelodge were we spent a short night before we drove to Birmingham International to join the Cornish Explorer the next morning. It has been my first Deltic ride ever.
A London bound HST on the Dawlish Sea Wall:
20 minutes break in Plymouth, enough time for a photo:
After the arrival in Penzance:
In the break we did the short branch line to St Ives, here another shot of the Deltic, taken out the HST that took us to St Erth:
This unit is departing St Erth for St Ives:
We had some good luck, our seats have been in coach A, so we had a nice sound on the way back to Birmingham 8). The cathedral of Truro
The Royal Albert Bridge in Plymouth:
A glance into the Deltic's engine room:
The last photo of the day was taken in Exeter St Davids:
I really enjoyed the day with the Deltic, altough I got a little bit tired during the last few hours :???:
Part two (40th anniversary gala of the K&WVR) will come soon, hope you enjoyed part one!
