Total now at 118, with more to add.
A few photos with a Land Rover (on the narrow gauge) and a train in the same shot, like this….
More photos from Statfold Barn Railway added
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Update 306. Statfold Barn Railway Open Day, 27/03/10
I’ve started sorting the photos and will be uploading in small batches. The ones from later in the day will be added first, so if you call back in a day or two the newer ones will be at the front of the album, depending of course on the order you set them to be displayed.
Once all the photos are uploaded a few comments will be added, so in the meantime – enjoy the photos.
Line up of all 11 locos in steam:-
SVR 28th March
Seen today around Arley. 5164, 6695, 7802 & 7812 on service trains, also 42968 on Footplate Experience. 5 locos in less than 90 minutes is how I like it!! 3 were “backwards” though!
Visit to Statfold Barn Railway, 27/03/10
Spent an enjoyable day at the above railway. 11 locos were in steam, and a Land Rover converted to run on narrow gauge track was also running.
Plenty of photos to upload over the next few days
Just replaced the belt on my old Hotpoint 9306 tumble dryer
It packed up a couple of days ago, the fan worked & it blew hot air – but the drum didn’t turn. Must be the belt or drive motor, I thought. Should be easy to fix, says he hopefully! Took the back off, saw a fan, but no sign of a drive belt. I was stumped!
Searched the internet, others had asked how to replace the belt, but there were no answers as to how it was done. So, find more screws to undo & have a poke around. In the end, I only managed to access the “insides” by easing open the whole front of the dryer & having a look inside. I could see the drive for the belt was taken from the shaft which also drove the fan. Fortunately I was able to get a replacement belt & with much struggling managed to fit the belt round the drum and tension pulleys and onto the drive shaft.
Turning the fan blades by hand showed that the drum would also rotate again, then put it all back together, finally, plug in, light blue touch paper & retire (no, forget that bit) meant to say – turn timer to start it & hope it works.
Yes, it now works. Belt was £8 and considerably cheaper than a new tumble dryer!
I’m trying a sitemap for the “pages” on the blog
The standard sitemap only lists the “posts”, but a plugin is available which can be set to list “pages”.
Hopefully this will be useful, but as with the other sitemap – I don’t know if it automatically updates itself.
Sitemap of “pages” in this blog
The above links to a page, but I’ll include the list here as well:-
Page 1 of 4 : Next
Pages
- About Sharpo
- The beginning of a blog
- Sharpo’s World home page
- Train "gen"
- About KC
- E-mail postings
- Photos by date
- uSwitch.com - save money!
- SVR Rolling Stock Photos
- ignore, locos
- SVR Coaching Stock
- GWR Coaching Stock on the Severn Valley Railway
- 829 Corridor Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 1086 Corridor Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 1116 Corridor Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 1146 Corridor Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 2426 Corridor Third, Severn Vally Railway
- 2926 Milk Van Siphon G, Severn Valley Railway
- 3930 Corridor Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 4786 Corridor Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 5883 Corridor Brake Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 6562 Corridor Brake Composite, Severn Valley Railway
- 6913 Corridor Brake Composite, Severn Valley Railway
- 7284 Corridor Composite, Severn Valley Railway
- 9055 Brake Unclassified Saloon, Severn Valley Railway
- 9369 Brake Unclassified Saloon, Severn Valley Railway
- 9615 Kitchen Diner First, Severn Valley Railway
- 9627 Diner Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 80969 Inspection Saloon, Severn Valley Railway
- 9653 Diner Third, Severn Valley Railway
- LMS/LMR Coaching Stock on the Severn Valley Railway
- 2300 LMS Corridor Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 7511 LMS Restaurant First Open, Severn Valley Railway
- 9355/149 LMS Buffet Car, Severn Valley Railway
- 12992 BR/LMR Corridor Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 24617 BR/LMR Corridor Composite, Severn Valley Railway
- 26986 BR/LMR Corridor Brake Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 27218 LMS Open Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 27220 LMS Open Third, Severn Valley Railway
- 27270 LMS Open Third, Severn Valley Railway
- LNER Coaching Stock on the Severn Valley Railway
- BR Coaching Stock on the Severn Valley Railway
- GWR Coaching Stock on the Severn Valley Railway
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Created a sitemap for the blog
A sitemap may be useful and it was easy to create, so here is the link to the page:-
I don’t know if the page will update automatically, or if it stays as it was the day the sitemap was created. No doubt I’ll soon find out!
Ignore this, just testing something
Just testing, I’ll delete this later
Link pages from web site to “Midlands” gallery
I’m quite good at uploading photos to galleries, but can never keep the accompanying web site pages updated. So perhaps it is time to move away from the old style sites and add the pages to this blog instead. It looks like it will be quicker & easier for me to use the blog and hopefully just as easy for visitors browsing through the pages.
So, as I only started this a day or two ago there has not been much progress, only the first few albums are listed, but you can see how it is progressing from the link below:-
SVR 21st March
Decent weather, so we headed for Arley with KC. First train we saw was 43106 heading for Kidderminster just before 11.38. At the station, 7802 arrived on Driver Experience, then 5164 on the 12.10 for Bridgnorth. The Diner arrived behind 7812 & finally 42968 from Bridgnorth, both trains due out around 12.55/12.56
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SVR 20th March
I wasn’t paying attention today, eating my lunch in the buffet when 7802 arrived at Bewdley on Driver Experience. Then I was caught out supping my tea as 5164 arrived with a train from Bridgnorth, earlier than I expected. The other train I saw was hauled by 43106, now facing Bridgnorth.
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Update 305. 61994 Great Marquess passing Old Hill, 16/03/10
After appearing at the SVR Reunion Gala, 61994 returned to Crewe today, and is seen climbing through Old Hill. Almost messed up the shots as the camera was set to timer – something that often happens when I fumble around in cold weather, and I can’t see the camera settings without glasses.
Interesting lighting effects, but the footbridge did cast some shadow
I’m relieved these photos came out, as the rest of the day was a disaster – the shunt at The Engine House was cancelled & the “nuke” ran via the Lickey instead of Cradley, where I was waiting.
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