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A dull start to the day does nothing to dampen the fine sight of the Midland Pullman heading west at Dawlish Warren with the 5.53am Shrewsbury - Penzance (1Z43) 'Mazey Day Pullman'. HST power car 43055 heads the train with 43049 bringing up the rear.
10am thru' 11am proved a good hour for rail enthusiasts looking for something a little different down here - during that period, as well as the Mazey Day Pullman, 66019 worked the returning empty china clay tanks, D1015 ‘Western Champion’ passed through on a special from Dorridge (also heading to Penzance), and Derby RTC unit 37501 passed through light-engine. Plenty to occupy even the most discerning rail-snapper then.
For this one I opted for the going-way shot to incorporate the Langstone Rock backdrop. It looks like a few photographers were positioned on its slopes too, and I hope the snapper in the foreground got the images (or video) he was after. The talking heads perhaps have a mild interest in the colourful spectacle unfolding - but then again it’s only a HST masquerading as the Midland Pullman, and there's been no shortage of the former in these parts over the last 50 years.
Image processed to allow the train colours to 'pop' a little. Goes to full-screen quite well. Comments off for this one, thanks.
10.34am, 28th June 2025
I am not sure if these Tortolitas are trying to blend into the log feeder. If they are, it sure is working!
Regardless of age, the musical from the 1940s is one that has been played throughout the years and one that brings a smile to faces.
"Happy Talk" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgmQDFhPjo
Happy talk, keep talking happy talk
Talk about things you like to do
You got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about the moon, floating in the sky
Looking like a lily on a lake
Talk about a bird, learning how to fly
Making all the music he can make!
If you don't talk happy
And you never dream
Then you'll never have a dream come true
~Richard Rodgers, composer
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The passengers of the front carriage enjoy some more Class 37 haulage on the Rhymney line back in February 2020. 37421 departs Hengoed with 2R20 17:01 Cardiff Central to Rhymney.