Using the 10-18mm lens on a CanonEOS 700D to get a wide angle shot of 68 003 'Astute' passing Askam Signal box. Shutter speed of 1/1250th to...
This weekend is a disappointment already. had to cancel Shasta's appearance at Railex NE due to the wife's illness. She's out of hospital but...
One bright spot in the weekend. LNER A2 4-6-2 60532 'Blue Peter' on a Carlisle to Hereford excursion At Askam [IMG] Twenty minutes later at...
well. My 70th Birthday, July the 4th has been a bit of a disapointment . The wife is in hospital on IV antibiotics which means two visits a day....
Every year a special charity train is trun called the 'Three Peaks Challenge' in which teames of volunteers from various railroad companies climb...
Well. My birthday is the 4th of July! My 70th actually. Plan was to have a big family party over at the Mumbai Indian restaurant but sadly the...
Since then it has gone a bit nuts. Perfect light as DRS 68 005 'Defiant' and 68 008 'Avenger' trundle through Foxfield heading for Heysham...
Had somw fun posing one of my Z scale jeeps on the hood of a real one at the carnforth 1940s weekend [IMG] Kev
The 1940s weekend at Carnforth went very well. Lots of the locals had made the effort to dress in the right clothes for the erea. there was a...
One of my favourite class of locos of all time. As a very young lad I saw these as my Dad photographed them around South Yorkshire One of my...
The Steam loco that did it! New Build LNER Peppercorn A1 4-6-2 60163 'Tornado' back out on the main line after a recent overhaul. Constructed in...
Port Shaughty at the 1940s weekend at Carnforth Time shifted back to the weeks before D-Day [IMG] Brooklyn is going to be wearing his army...
After some drastic track relaying on Port Shaughty to eliminate the too tight curve at the back left hand corner the layout isrunning alot better...
Port Shaughty gearing up for D-Day [IMG] Ready for the 1940's weekend at Carnforth Heritage centre. Sorted out some running issues and all of...
DRS 68 005 Defiant and 68 008 Avenger head to Heysham Nuclear Power station from Sellafield yesterday at Foxfield. The historic 1870s signalbox...
So I invested in some Skytrexx 1/200th AFVs cast in white metal. Bit big but I can force the perpective by using them at the front of Port...
Big, last minute, change of plan. Got fed up with the limited selection of Locos that can traverse the tight curve at the back, left hand, end...
Adding the US Army stars to the vehicles in the pre D-Day scene on Port Shaughty for next weekends 1940s gala at Carnforth station [IMG] The...
Got a text from Simon at Furness models. 'Found a bag of Z scale stuff left over from Chris Wrights layout' "£20 to a good home" [IMG] Worth...
The Class 69 video [MEDIA] Saturday was disappointing.Thunderstorms and torrential rain most of the morning and the cancellation of the...
