Nene Valley Railway Diesel Gala

Alan Oct 30, 2006

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    Pictures of the locomotives used at the recent Diesel Gala at the NVR.

    56003 in Load Haul livery.

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    Another class 56 was also in use. This is 56057 British Fuels.

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    Triple headed class 14's "Teddy Bears"!

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    Struggling with the screw coupling!

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    Resident class 40 immaculately turned out!

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    D306 Atlantic Conveyor

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    Very Impressive, Alan...Thanks!
     
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    Very cool stuff Alan. Nice smokescreen the 56 is putting out! ;)
     
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    What impresses me most are the semaphores. They are so much easier to read (see?) than searchlights, even on black backgrounds. However, now that I have written this, I realize that, during an English Fog, a semaphore is virtually invisible until the driver is directly beneath it. Whereas a searchlight can penetrate a few hundred metres of fog before becoming obscured. I guess modern in-cab signals are still better than either, nostalgia be damned! :cry: :teeth:
     
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    As the loco was sitting there for a while waiting to run round, I knew there would be some good clag when it started moving, so I had camera poised! :D
     

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