Thursday Oct 8th Cathedrals Express - Tangmere

mow · Post by **mow** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:32 am

Tangmere is running to Bristol via Berks and Hants line then up the Avon Valley to Bathampton Junction on Thursday Oct 8th.

Timings from Steam Dreams -

Newbury (Platform 1 - water loco) 1054 - 1109 hrs
Heywood Road Junction 1150 hrs
Bath Spa (Platform 1) 1214 - 1219 hrs
Bristol Temple Meads (Platform 5) 1233 hrs

Bristol Temple Meads (Platform tba) 1639 hrs
Bath Spa (Platform 2) 1645 - 1659 hrs
Heywood Road Junction 1725 hrs
Newbury 1804 hrs

http://www.steamdreams.com/content/view/215/54/

UK Steam has detailed timings for this run.
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t09/t1008a.htm

mow · Post by **mow** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:31 pm

Some shots from the roadside at Newton Meadows, Corston. The train was about 15 mins late.

http://michael527.fotopic.net/c1765624_1.html

chippy · Post by **chippy** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:51 pm

Outward leg & return leg....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/byjr/3993558114/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/byjr/3992804051/

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:39 pm

A couple of shots from near Claverton on the return leg.

mow · Post by **mow** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:53 am

Having seen Ian's pics from 400 yards from where I went, I think I made the wrong call.

He even got the balloon

I took these pictures by Claverton Pumping Station.

http://michael527.fotopic.net/c1765941.html

Post by **James** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:11 pm

Lovely shots, well done for getting the balloon BristleGWR! I was on board for the Bristol - Bath leg...Steam Dreams do a little-advertised "local" for just Ãº5 each way.

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:29 pm

Myself and a few others got lucky with the light at that location, a cloud cleared a few minutes before Tangmere was due and we were just starting to loose the sun behind the hills to the west, you can see from my first shot that the shadows were starting to creep up the line.

Nice shots from Corston in the morning Michael.

mow · Post by **mow** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:45 pm

Ian thanks for the comments.

I would like to try a panning shot at Corston, but need to find out more about the technique. I wanted to make use of the telephoto lens yesterday lunchtime. Perhaps I will try taking a shot from the gap in the hedgerow on the road running up the hillside. There was at least one guy up there with a camera.

I had wondered if SD still took money for an exhilerating run to Bath. A few years ago, I was going back to London, and bought a single from Bristol to London from SD. Not the cheapest way to make the journey, but great fun.