Taken 09/08/18 from Bridge 31/Guss Road Bridge with Lyndhurst Road Bridge in the background.
Taken 14/08/18 and I've done my best to hide the WCRC Class 47 under the road bridge. The topped and tailed combination of No. 60009 and 47-580 is becoming a feature of the summer of 2018. Oh and no, I've no idea where the Cathedral is in Weymouth..
Taken on 27/04/18 a particularly gloomy day; despite cranking up the ISO to 800 it is a murky scene. The Great Britain is a nine day rail tour around the UK that reached Kyle in Scotland and Llandrindod in Wales amongst numerous other points. I really should have made time yesterday to have gone to Wareham to see the penultimate leg which worked to Swanage top and tailed by No. 45212 and U Class Mogul 2-6-0 No. 31806 (and if I had I would have enjoyed better light). Today's leg saw the tour head from Swanage to the final destination of London Victoria.
11/10/18; in pretty grim weather (and especially poor light) No. 6233 approaches Christchurch with just its support coach in tow. The loco was en route from Butterley to Swanage, where it will be one of three visiting locos at this weekend's steam gala.
I picked this spot because I thought it would give me the best of what light was available and I passed the time waiting for the loco to arrive chatting to a local lady who is a potter and an artist; you do meet interesting people in fields!
Taken, slightly more front on than I might have wanted due to the Sun, on 26/07/18. The London Victoria to Weymouth summer steam workings are back, albeit on a fortnightly basis this year. It might be my nerdiness but it strikes me as odd that an A4 is gracing the L&SWR mainline whilst a Bulleid Merchant Navy (No. 35018) is doing the rounds in Yorkshire. Not that I'm complaining!