Page 8: Late summer, early autumn
Video clips recorded in the latter part of 2005, at the Golden Valley
Railway's Gala, the Eaton Park Railway, Chasewater and the Steeple Grange
Light Railway. Full details are on "Geoff's
Rail Diaries"
Click the thumbnail to download and play the movie. All movies on this page are 360 x 288 x 25 fps,
Windows Media using WM9 codecs. Please read my copyright
notes if you wish to use them in any way
Part 1 - Golden Valley
Gala 21 August '05
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Golden Valley Diesels (short clip)
The freight - headed by MR "Tubby" whistles (an unusual
exhaust-powered sound...) for the level crossing before running into
the yard at Swanwick - .
498k; 22s |
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Golden Valley Diesels
A selection of shunting moves, involving four
different locos (and including the clip above)
2,411k; 1m 51s |
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Pearl 2 in action "Pearl 2" is seen
at various locations along the line
2,171k, 1m 39s |
Part 2 - Katie at Eaton Park 28 August
'05
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The short train... ...and a short
clip. Katie heads for home with the open coach and brake
645k; 28s |
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The long train... ...and a longer
sequence. Katie heads the open coach, "the Duchess's coach" and
brake, clockwise and anticlockwise. Includes "the short train".
(Sorry about the wind noise - it was a bit
breezy at times)
2,366k; 1m 49s |
Part 3 - Chasewater 18 September and 15
October '05
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18 September '05: The 3.45pm Asbestos heads away from
Brownhills West with the next train to Chasetown (Church Street)
1,313k; 60s |
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15 October '05: 813 The Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0ST
in action on passenger and freight workings
3,895k; 3 minutes |
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Asbestos The Hawthorn Leslie in
action - two coaches, a brake van and a cattle truck are sufficient
load to ensure a fine display
3,065k; 2m 21s |
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Chasewater diesels Ruston
diesel-electric no 11517 takes out the freight, which is brought
back again by electro-diesel no 73 128 (not quite at home with this
duty...)
2,073k; 1m 35s |
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Sentinel Product of Shrewsbury, the
Sentinel bustles back and forth with its push-pull shuttle
2,140k; 1m 38s |
Part 4 - Steeple Grange 25 September '05
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The Ruston ZM32 is seen propelling
a train away from Steeple Grange - returning a little while later
1,195k; 54s |
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A ride up the line ZM32 propels the
ex-mines manride up the line - and is then propelled back down...
1,904k; 1m 27s |
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The Greenbat The battery-electric
arrives and (with some nimble footwork and a shove or two) shunts
back towards the engine house
1,329k; 1m 01s |
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