Steam Comeback second series

One of the difficulties faced by steam locomotives such as 1089, is that coming in from the West, ahead of the passenger carriages, they need to be repositioned to the other end of those carriages for the return trip. This activity achieved two things for me, firstly it explained why there was a spur line seemingly heading off into the Golf Club adjacent to the train station, that had rusty tracks, maybe they will get the chance to shine again. Secondly, and more importantly it gave me another opportunity for some nice shots as the shunting occured.

The train then backed onto the maain line again to await for the regular electric service to come in and then depart again (remember Shornecliffe is the End of th Line) shot three shows the sort of numbers who had turned out to see the event.  While the electric train was at the station it was obvious that most were there to either see or catch the steam experience, however not everyone could maintain the enthusiasm. Here is a shot of Pygmy the Stafforshire Terrier, having a little impromtu game of tug of war with his owner, she was a wonderful dog, just with a short attention span while the electric train was at the platform.

I wish I had the time yo take the trip on this train but I had only just heard of it’s run the day before and had other things to do, – Next Time! However I did take the opportunity to jump onboard the carriages to remind myself what 1958 carriages looked like inside, and the seatinh and layout mus haave been somewhat universal as that is what I saw in Sydney around that time, a full state and 1,000 kilometres away.

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