The Marsked Growler 20220409--213
37516 Loch Laidon approaches Grewgrass User Worked Crossing at the end of Cat Flatt Lane in Marske, working the final leg of the Branch Line Society's "The Merchant of Teesside" railtour, 1Z72 17.39 Saltburn - Doncaster. Long Beck station is just visible in the background. [Pole, 5/6 sections (~6.8m)]
This wasn't my original choice of location for this train, but it soon became obvious that further inland there was still a great deal of cloud. It was sunny in Saltburn, and when we arrived here the sun was on the edge of the cloud and, indeed, went in and came back out again at least once while we waited.
I then chased it to Moorhouse Estate just south of Stockton Cut Jn. (north of Eaglescliffe), and made it with plenty of time to set up - but although the sun had found a big gap in the clouds, it started to go in only about three minutes before the train arrived. So this was my last sunny shot of the weekends tours, as I wasn't in the area for Sunday's gyrations.
Note that locals pronounce the place name Marske as "mask" with a short 'a'.
To see my non-transport pictures, visit www.flickr.com/photos/137275498@N03/.
The Marsked Growler 20220409--213
37516 Loch Laidon approaches Grewgrass User Worked Crossing at the end of Cat Flatt Lane in Marske, working the final leg of the Branch Line Society's "The Merchant of Teesside" railtour, 1Z72 17.39 Saltburn - Doncaster. Long Beck station is just visible in the background. [Pole, 5/6 sections (~6.8m)]
This wasn't my original choice of location for this train, but it soon became obvious that further inland there was still a great deal of cloud. It was sunny in Saltburn, and when we arrived here the sun was on the edge of the cloud and, indeed, went in and came back out again at least once while we waited.
I then chased it to Moorhouse Estate just south of Stockton Cut Jn. (north of Eaglescliffe), and made it with plenty of time to set up - but although the sun had found a big gap in the clouds, it started to go in only about three minutes before the train arrived. So this was my last sunny shot of the weekends tours, as I wasn't in the area for Sunday's gyrations.
Note that locals pronounce the place name Marske as "mask" with a short 'a'.
To see my non-transport pictures, visit www.flickr.com/photos/137275498@N03/.