We could have done better

After having 2hrs to kill at Bewdley, we waited to take D3022 & 12099 back to Kidderminster on Sunday afternoon.

Cameraphone shots of stuff from when I was driving / secondmanning (if that's a word) on the Severn Valley Railway at the 2009 diesel gala. Shots taken with Samsung Jet S8000.

Preserved former British Railways Class 11 diesel-electric shunter 12082, now numbered 12049, was photographed at the Mid Hants Railway’s Ropley Works on 7 September 2019. The locomotive was built at Derby Works in 1950. It was withdrawn from service by British Rail in 1971 and subsequently operated for the National Coal Board and the Harry Needle Railway Company before passing to the Mid Hants Railway in 2010, replacing the original 12049 which was irreparably damaged by fire.

We make it as far as San Quintin

Desert Dingo Racing's Class 11 Stock Bug is included in the March DLC for Forza Horizon 2, which has sold 1.4 million copies worldwide.

D7076 Hymek arriving at Sheringham.

1107 prep continues

Class 11, 12093 stabled at Brechin on the 05-05-2008.

Prepping 1107 for the 1000

We make our third run at the Mint 400.

We hold our first meeting of the 2014 race season at Wallentine Motorsports

Cameraphone shots of stuff from when I was driving / secondmanning (if that's a word) on the Severn Valley Railway at the 2009 diesel gala. Shots taken with Samsung Jet S8000.

Class 26 D5343 at Sheringham.

We make it as far as San Quintin

Students in class at Stafford House School of English (Canterbury)

We pre-run a section of the Baja 1000 course until things start breaking

12077, a diesel shunter belonging to the obscure and relatively short-lived Class 11, is pictured outside the Midland Railway Centre's shed at Swanwick Junction on 5th July 1992.

I believe this loco is still at the MRC today.

1107 prep continues

Desert Dingo Racing's Class 11 Stock Bug is included in the March DLC for Forza Horizon 2, which has sold 1.4 million copies worldwide.

Desert Dingo Racing's Class 11 Stock Bug is included in the March DLC for Forza Horizon 2, which has sold 1.4 million copies worldwide.

We arrive in Ensenada, set up shop and get caught up on sleep. Some of us, anyway.

We make it as far as San Quintin

We made it 24 miles. It's racing.

We arrive in Ensenada, set up shop and get caught up on sleep. Some of us, anyway.

We arrive in Ensenada, set up shop and get caught up on sleep. Some of us, anyway.

We could have done better

We make it as far as San Quintin

Class 11 shunt loco, 12099, stands at Bewdley waiting to depart double headed with friend D3022 (Class 08) back to Kidderminster.

Cameraphone shots of stuff from when I was driving / secondmanning (if that's a word) on the Severn Valley Railway at the 2009 diesel gala. Shots taken with Samsung Jet S8000.

We're 19 days out from the Baja 1000

I don't think I have ever come away from Ropley, Mid Hants Railway without something to add to my photographs. I was pretty pleased with this shot of a Merlo Panoramic P32.6 Plus used, presumably, for moving coal and BR Class 11 0-6-0 shunter 12082 restored to its original number after a period as 12049 which was destroyed in a fire.

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Final big push before departing for the Baja 1000

Desert Dingo Racing's Class 11 Stock Bug is included in the March DLC for Forza Horizon 2, which has sold 1.4 million copies worldwide.

We could have done better