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Sunday, 25 August 2024

Off for Scrap


The present day at Brew Street, and an old hopper wagon is being removed for scrap, having been dumped on the wharf for more than a decade. Very little rail activity happens here now, and rumours are afoot that the whole area will soon be redeveloped and turned into posh condominiums and luxury yacht harbour for foreign investors.

On the left ‘Oh My Gawd’ Oliver’s grandson ‘Easily Triggered’ Toby is having a bit of a crises about the wagon being moved after so many years. He struggles with change, including changing his underwear, but we won’t go there. 

Former artisan ice cream makers, turned security guards Ben & Jerry are trying to catch Bob Geeza Cat the 4th, but they don’t stand a chance, for the Bob Geeza line of cats are very smart indeed. 

PC Pretend isn’t a policeman at all, but likes to dress in vintage police attire at weekends and will frequently turn up here and there in an old Citroen 2CV which he calls his unmarked police car. He’s a strange man who lives alone with a Hornby trainset on top of the bath. Rumour has it ‘mother’ is in the bath, she has been for many years. 

And the chap with the yellow jacket, could that be TV’s inch high Portillo? 

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Friday, 16 August 2024

20 Years Ago Today

 


20 years ago!!!!!

Here’s my view on 16 August 2004 grabbed through a long lens of the containerised waste transfer terminal at Calvert in Buckinghamshire, England. At the time they were filling up a huge disused clay pit. 

The loco 66529 is the 4M60 Bristol to Calvert containerised rubbish train and to the right we have 66077 on the recently arrived 6M35 King’s Cross to Calvert, which looks like it’s loaded with spoil. I’m not sure of the details, it was 20 years ago. But I’m pretty sure some of you knowledgeable people here will know far more than me. 

The same view more recently is very different, with this being the course of the new HS2 Hight Speed rail route - pop 51.9169580, -1.0007465 in to your favourite map browser or Google Earth or Maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/hFotFmfUg2XJnfnZ7?g_st=ic

Nikon D70, Soligor 400mm lens.

Wednesday, 7 August 2024

Midweek Murkiness


 It’s a murky Wednesday in the Somerset coalfields as Peter prepares to top up his trusty Peckett loco water tank. Dud calls caution, “Be careful Pete, not all water towers have water in them these days, best not light up that cigarette until after you’ve checked.”

This pic was taken on traditional film (Kentmere 100) and scanned in to the pixel grinder. It was taken with a 35mm Zenit 12XP SLR (found on Marketplace locally for £15), with a Tamron 28mm Adaptall 2 lens set at f32 - a £25 eBay find.