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Title: Steam engine 34046 'Braunton' - merged posts Post by: Clan Line on September 27, 2023, 15:10:01 Coasting towards Heywood Jct on the way to Bath, this afternoon.
(https://i.postimg.cc/3xqBSCqz/JWN04608-ARW-Dx-O-PRIME.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/v4WfD9bv) Title: Re: Braunton Post by: Mark A on September 27, 2023, 18:39:06 Lifted the safety valve on departure from Bath Spa and it stayed lifted for some time, rather masking the exhaust beat from the locomotive.
With a southerly wind, no opportunity for the 'Coal-fired loco exhaust scent' to make its way up the half mile or so from Bath Spa station into Lyncombe Vale as happened once before, finding me as I happened to be waiting in the autumn dusk on the old trackbed there, on the little viaduct just before Combe Down Tunnel - the scent causing an unexpected scalp-tingling, on account of being a once commonplace event there now so rare and so distant. Mark Title: NOT.......Britannia !! Post by: Clan Line on December 09, 2024, 12:57:56 Braunton passes Sherrington crossing at a very sedate walking pace this morning. (https://i.postimg.cc/XNP0WDbB/20241209-20241209-0325.jpg) (https://postimages.org/) (Postimages used) Title: Braunton.............again Post by: Clan Line on December 11, 2024, 13:27:28 Passing Norton Bavant at speed - Bath bound.
(https://i.postimg.cc/jdkJgMDT/20241211-20241211-0375.jpg) with competition from the RAF ! [url=https://postimages.org/](https://i.postimg.cc/Gpv8prq3/20241211-20241211-0403.jpg) (https://postimages.org/) Title: Re: Steam engine 34046 'Braunton' - merged posts Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 12, 2024, 21:15:47 With many thanks for your posting of those excellent images, Clan Line, I've merged those posts here in to this specific topic - for ease of future reference. :)
Title: Re: Steam engine 34046 'Braunton' - merged posts Post by: Clan Line on December 13, 2024, 10:53:58 One final shot from Wednesday (and probably this year !)
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