[Leica] UK Steam in BW

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Absolutely Iconic! Even the Flying Scotsman can't boast such good looks 
as a Streak.
They just spent 750000 GBP- yes threequarters of a million quid! to get 
it back in safe and running order - worth every penny too.
Sir Nigel was a bit short of breath on the first run, and was 
ignominiously tagged on to the end of a train pulled up to Pickering by 
a tank engine, later in the day it managed to get up as far as Goathland 
(Hogsmeade) but without coaches attached, it eventually took a few day 
to get every thing right - very unfortunate that it was mid-season and 
August Bank Holiday. But at least they had some other nice stuff 
running, The Southern is a pretty good looking machine and the Green 
Dragon looked good in its new livery too, sad that Eddystone was in the 
deviation yard waiting for maintenance work .The Lancashire Fusilier 
(Black 5) was running the Esk Valley and Whitby again -  and planning 
permission has been  approved to join upthe missing connection from 
Pickering to the Scarborough-York mainline near Malton - the only thing 
missing is the money for it. Nice to see a private preserved railway 
being integrated into the public transport system,  and making a profit too.
Cheers
Douglas


Nick Roberts wrote:

>There's nothing much more beautiful than an A4. Thanks, Douglas!
> 
>Nick
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>From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
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>Started scanning some slides from our last vacation, somehow they all 
>came out with a blue cast, so I ran them off in BW until I have time to 
>find out what went wrong. For technical freaks: Leica M6 with various 
>lenses - Fuji Film 100 and 200 ASA - all shot at the North Yorkshire 
>Moors Railway
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Railway-Heritage/IMG00804092006_edited-2.jpg.html
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Railway-Heritage/IMG01504092006_edited-1.jpg.html
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Railway-Heritage/IMG01404092006_edited-1.jpg.html
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Railway-Heritage/IMG01704092006_edited-2.jpg.html
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Railway-Heritage/IMG01904092006_edited-1.jpg.html
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>Cheers
>Douglas
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