Jane at Levant: ABC Wednesday and T is for Train Spotting

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

ABC Wednesday and T is for Train Spotting

It is the letter T across at ABC Wednesday - and T is for Train Spotting - last Saturday the Tornado and the King Edward 1 were on a visit to Shrewsbury as part of a steam event lasting all day for all concerned.

The trains on their day out I must say looked amazing - our grandson aged 10 is a railway enthusiast - he has his own engine shed ( converted garden shed!) complete with trains and a layout that has grown to all extremes and soon will burst out of the shed.

We wanted to catch the trains going down the line , us to take pics and A to gaaze in awe at the great machines.

A steam train in full flight is quite hard to capture- you either click to soon or to late!

First down the line was the King Edward and then a two hour gap between trains - so off we went to a model railway and car exhibition in the local village hall - see pis below

Timr to return to the railway line - so we climbed up and over stiles and crossed several fields in haste - the sheep looked on ...

Second train down the line was the Tornado - (featured a while back in a Top Gear programme with Jeremy Clarkson a favourite of A - our grandson) ...the Tornado was well worth the wait

A quick dash then to Shrewsbury Station to view the trains more closely - King Edward above - below the Tornado - as you can see the day was closing in - and the trains were all set for their journey back to London with their enthusiastic passengers.

Today was Time Taken out - Together To enjoy a Tumultuous Train Tour Travelling Through our local Town

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12 comments:

jane29 November 2011 at 06:06
Sorry about the spelling mistakes but Blogger won't let me edit them !! I have tried !
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Jane and Chris29 November 2011 at 09:33
Steam trains, so romantic...the sounds..the smell...the soot!
Jane x
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Bernard29 November 2011 at 09:40
Love them all and never spotted a single spelling mistake.
But.....did notice that your fantastic header photo of Tornado, was labelled - King Edward I?
A 'pensioner train spotter' you see - and a GWR enthusiast to boot!
Cheers.....Bernard. :)
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jane29 November 2011 at 10:26
Thankyou Bernard - I am just a beginner you see - I knew we had two trains - I am adjusting the error as we speak !! Jane
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Roger Owen Green29 November 2011 at 11:06
I LOVE trains!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
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photowannabe29 November 2011 at 12:20
Time together and trains...what could be better than that?
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Anna29 November 2011 at 12:53
Oh how exciting Jane - there is something quite magical about the sound of a steam train. I am old enough to remember traveling in them as a child and thinking what an adventure it was :)
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Joy29 November 2011 at 13:52
You've done a great job with the photos, love it when they steam up, I like the one coming round the bend. We occasionally watch the Oliver Cromwell steaming up the coast but not seen either of yours. (I have a train loving partner, I think he may be 10 years old underneath the years, LOL)
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Carver29 November 2011 at 15:29
Great choice for T. I love trains and enjoyed this post and photographs.
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MERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...29 November 2011 at 16:11
My son LOVED trains growing up. I think the novelty has worn off.
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jill30 November 2011 at 10:00
Hi,thank you for the comment on my blog.We had the Tornado on our line for a while the boys thought it was fantastic,its Billys, my eldest grandsons 2nd favorite after Sir Nigel Gresley,oh no Im starting to sound like a train spotter lol.Love Jill xx
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Gattina1 December 2011 at 08:46
I like to take the train ! You just sit there, watching the flying buy landscape or cows and don't have to worry.
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