“Santa” brought me a Canon 9000F scanner. Looks like I will get further behind with all those winter tasks now, as I have been having fun learning how to use the scanner. So far I have scanned a few old slides and b&w negatives. The results from the scanner are very good, just a pity I wasn’t so good at photography in the “old” days, partly because I didn’t have a good camera and rarely looked at my photos or had them printed, so never realised what I was doing wrong. Don’t expect loads of good old photos, there may be quite a few – but not exactly “good”. Looks like there will always be a backlog of videos and now old photos to fill up any spare time I may have in future. Hey ho, never mind…….
Daily Archives: December 26, 2014
Update 997. Video of 37425 & 37612 at Rowley Regis, 08/12/14
Good old 6M56, my Monday afternoon treat. Always good to see a 37, a pair is even better!
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Update 996. Video of 68013 at Smethwick Galton Bridge, 08/12/14
68013 was booked to run light engine to Stourbridge, supposedly with a stop in Rowley loop. I headed to Smethwick to film it first, hoping then to get in front of it for a second shot, but following it in the next train I noticed Rowley loop was empty, so it had run direct to Stourbridge.
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Update 995. Videos of Severn Valley Railway Santa trains at Arley, 07/12/14
The weather wasn’t quite what I expected. I headed to Foley Park tunnel area to film the trains on the climb, but it was very windy & started raining, so I headed to Arley & the arboretum for a hot drink. The rain did stop & I headed for the station and on towards the lane that overlooks Victoria Bridge. The only videos from that day that I uploaded were of 43106, 92214, 34053 & 7812 at Arley station, late in the afternoon as it got dark. A very different atmosphere to what I am used to at that station, but enjoyable all the same. So, still more videos to work through at some time, but until then…..
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Update 994. Videos of Severn Valley Railway Santa trains, 06/12/14
I uploaded some of the videos 3 weeks ago, but didn’t manage to work my way through all of them. My day started on the footbridge at Kidderminster & included Freightliner 70003 on an empty coal train speeding south. Locos working the specials were 2857, 7812, 34053, 43106 & my favourite – 92214 ( the visiting loco)
Later in the day I went to film the trains on the climb to Foley Park tunnel near the safari park, those videos are still to be edited & uploaded. I will get to them one day! In the meantime, if you haven’t already seen the ones uploaded…..
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