FREIGHT DELIGHTS...
Apologies for the gap in adding photos but my duties as carer for my wife mean that I have little spare time at present. I have some respite coming up soon and maybe I will find some more time, so please continue watching this space.
In planning some events to photograph over the next couple of weeks I was visiting the Dean Forest Railway site and noticed that the tanker train was booked to run with the visiting class50. I was only able to take a couple of scenes of the last working and it gave my wife a run out to see the scenery. Thanks to the volunteers who made it easy for Jan to view the trains from the car.
Class50 50021 Rodney is seen approaching Parkend with the 14.45 Lydney Junction to Parkend tanker train on 6-9-25. Some of the staff/ workers had had a very late notice that the 50 was working. It was good to see a well loaded brake van. I only met one other photographer during my visit.
Parkend has changed significantly over the last few years. No longer a rural backwater but a fully functioning railway.
Ref: IMG_3912 6-9-25
FREIGHT DELIGHTS...
Apologies for the gap in adding photos but my duties as carer for my wife mean that I have little spare time at present. I have some respite coming up soon and maybe I will find some more time, so please continue watching this space.
In planning some events to photograph over the next couple of weeks I was visiting the Dean Forest Railway site and noticed that the tanker train was booked to run with the visiting class50. I was only able to take a couple of scenes of the last working and it gave my wife a run out to see the scenery. Thanks to the volunteers who made it easy for Jan to view the trains from the car.
Class50 50021 Rodney is seen approaching Parkend with the 14.45 Lydney Junction to Parkend tanker train on 6-9-25. Some of the staff/ workers had had a very late notice that the 50 was working. It was good to see a well loaded brake van. I only met one other photographer during my visit.
Parkend has changed significantly over the last few years. No longer a rural backwater but a fully functioning railway.
Ref: IMG_3912 6-9-25