the return of the King - The Bristolian Sat 24th

mow · Post by **mow** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:52 pm

Bristolian times for Saturday

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t06/t0624c.htm

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:42 pm

A few pictures of the Bristolian..

AndyK · Post by **AndyK** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:36 pm

Very nice pictures. That bit of line along the Avon valley is so attractive, I'm always surprised that photographers in the steam era seem to have generally ignored it; you might have thought it would be a favourite spot with, say, Ivo Peters or George Heiron. I wonder if anybody ever managed to get a shot showing trains simultaneously on the Great Western and Midland lines.

mow · Post by **mow** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:55 pm

The King returns again on June 30th and July 5th, both trips from London to Bristol.

I think that it goes down to Plymouth on 8th July from BTM.

Parking on near that embankment can be a little problematic, so ended up heading for Sydney Gardens in Bath yesterday for a picnic. Funny how the chosen location just happened to be close to the main line.... Quite a few people enjoyed the sight and sound of the King. Wished that I had stayed closer to track level.

Shame that some of the warehouses near Bath Station aren't accessible, great view from their top stories of the viaduct en route for Bath.

Portishead Prowler · Post by **Portishead Prowler** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:53 pm

I saw it in all it's splendour from Saltford RFC's pitch.

What sort of an idiot forgets their camera on a day like that.....

simon · Post by **simon** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:13 pm

Excellent photos, i suppose in Steam days that area wasn't too accessable -prior to the by-pass being built, hence the lack of photos(?)

mow · Post by **mow** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:49 pm

Some of my shots of the King can be viewed below.

http://michael527.fotopic.net/

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:04 pm

...and here's some video, taken about 90 seconds after BristleGWR's shots.

Okay, it's rather shaky and taken from too far away, but it's not too bad for a first try

Gary

PS It's 4MB, in DivX (MPEG-4) AVI format because I'm not sure I have a suitable WMV codec.
PPS You have to right-click the link and "Save Target As..." as I can't see how to embed video links using BBCode

mow · Post by **mow** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:45 pm

For those of you who want to see King Edward 1 at Temple Meads on Friday.

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t06/t0630a.htm

mow · Post by **mow** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:25 pm

couldn't seem to get the video link to work when I tried it this evening.

Is it just me that can't get it to work.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:16 pm

Hi mow, sorry you can't get the video to play

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You probably just need to download the codec from www.divx.com.
Follow the links marked DivX for Windows 6.2.
I've tried compressing the clip in other formats, but it ends up blocky, jerky, huge or combinations thereof.

Gary