Another flying visit by a steam locomotive through my local area, originally supposed to be the stunning Sir Nigel Gresley, but replaced with the Princess Elizabeth in the end. It passed through at lunchtime and then returned in the evening. Thankfully I decided to take a quick trip out at lunch to catch it arriving, charging past within 2 minutes of me arriving at the bridge over the line. It was running early and caught me by surprise (I didn't get a chance to get in position, the photo below was pretty much a snapshot - hence the photoshop meddling).
After work I then travelled out to my carefully chosen location (courtesy of google streetview + Earth plugin) to catch it on its way back out.. only for it to never arrive?! The disappearing train apparently. I can only guess that it went back a different line than it arrived on, much to the disappointment of me and the others gathered to watch it steam through... next time...
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