December 2012

Off to a good start in December with some steamy action, though I still haven't managed a sunny shot of "Tornado" in blue livery... Now I have!

LNER A1 4-6-2 No. 60163 "Tornado" is seen once again at Shrivenham in its new blue livery, but still evading the sun... Much of the wait was in beautiful light but then the cloud came over and it was obvious the smoke would blow down. It looked like the sun might reappear, so I stuck with this side of the train, but sadly the sun still refused to play. The train is 1Z31, "The Cathedrals Express", 07:22 from Ipswich to Bristol, 13:01, Saturday 1st December 2012. Digital Image No. GMPI13045.

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LNER A1 4-6-2 No. 60163 "Tornado" is seen once again at Shrivenham in its new blue livery, but still evading the sun... Much of the wait was in beautiful light but then the cloud came over and it was obvious the smoke would blow down. It looked like the sun might reappear, so I stuck with this side of the train, but sadly the sun still refused to play. The train is 1Z31, "The Cathedrals Express", 07:22 from Ipswich to Bristol, 13:01, Saturday 1st December 2012. Digital Image No. GMPI13045.

GMPI13045 60163 Shrivenham 1Z31 011212 mainline steam