UK Mainline Steam Photographs
2000 - 2002
With long periods in Australia, my commitments with 6024 and being fed up with consistently bad weather (!) my mainline steam photography has really decreased since 2000. However I do still try to go out when something different is happening.
Note: All photographs are © Martyn Bane.
45157 (45407) heads past the golf course at Pleasington on her way from Liverpool to Carlisle. October 2000
45157 (45407) climbs past Penyghent on her way from Liverpool to Carlisle. October 2000
45157 (45407) heads across Ribblehead viaduct. October 2000
5029 Nunney Castle at Bristol Temple Meads with the morning crew training turn to Newport. September 26 2001
5029 Nunney Castle at Bristol Temple Meads with the morning crew training turn to Newport. September 26 2001
5029 Nunney Castle sets off from Bristol Temple Meads with the morning crew training turn to Newport. September 26 2001
5029 Nunney Castle almost ready for the off at Bristol Temple Meads. September 27 2001
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5029
Nunney Castle back at Bristol Temple Meads at the end of the crew training
turn. September 27 2001 |
5029 Nunney Castle stands alongside 4936 Kinlet Hall at Bristol Temple Meads during the week of crew training. September 27 2001
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5029 Nunney Castle climbs out of
Bristol with the morning crew training turn to Newport. September 28 2001 |
5029 Nunney Castle climbs Whiteball bank on her way to Plymouth and derailment in Tavistock Yard. October 13 2001
5051 Earl Bathurst climbs through Freshford on her way from Bristol to Didcot. October 20 2001
6233 Duchess of Sutherland climbs Wellington Bank. October 27 2001
6233 Duchess of Sutherland climbs Dainton Bank. October 27 2001
5029 Nunney Castle climbs through Pilning on her way to London Paddington. November 10 2001
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6233
Duchess of Sutherland passing Kings Sutton. December 15 2001. |
6201 Princess Elizabeth climbing Wellington Bank. October 19 2002
6201 Princess Elizabeth on Dainton Bank. October 19 2002
6201 Princess Elizabeth climbs Hemerdon Bank with the return leg of her Bristol - Plymouth - Bristol run. October 19 2002
6201 Princess Elizabeth climbs the eastern side of Dainton Bank at Combe Fishacre with the return leg of her Bristol - Plymouth - Bristol run. October 19 2002
And away in to the distance... 6201 Princess Elizabeth climbs the eastern side of Dainton Bank. October 19 2002