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Blanketed in a thick cloud of wildfire smoke, downtown Minneapolis is left in a state of heavy breatihng as Milwaukee Road 261 speeds through Nicollet Island on its way to Hopkins. Despite the god awful conditions, the lack of sunlight thanks to the fires made for a very interesting photographic aura on this Thursday morning.
Charging westbound in a blazing July sun, Milwaukee Road 261 whistles through the town of Buffalo Lake, Minnesota on what is now the TC&W mainline. Once upon a time, engines like the 261 and other fleetmates would see use on this mainline with the Milwaukee's flagship passenger and freight services.
Coming to the tail end of its westbound passage on a Montevideo to Appleton excursion, Milwaukee Road 261 rolls through the outskirts of Appleton and will prepare to head back east after topping off with water.
1E63 Plymouth to Newcastle. Class 220/221 Voyager in Cross Country Trains livery seen here heading north passing through the high-level platforms at Tamworth.
Irish Air Corps Falcon 6X 290 "Irish 290" departing Dublin back to Baldonnel.
Stagecoach Cumberland Switch Solo is seen climbing Honister Pass working a 77 to Keswick.
10 years ago today (7.21) the La Salle based Local-7 has cleared up in the siding at Brighton in order to meet the deadheading Frontier Days special, led by Union Pacific 844. 844 had just undergone a significant multi-year rebuilding, which saw the famed 4-8-4 making her first mainline appearance since 2013.
By the time this meet took place the sun was in a less than favorable angle however this meet afforded me a chance to catch up with my good friend John Shine, who was the engineer on Local-7 that day. John has since pulled the pin and now enjoys a world in which Omaha no longer calls :}
UP 844 ~ PCYDV ~ Brighton, Colorado
Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision
07.21.2016
LNER 8P 4-6-2 Class A3 No 4472 'Flying Scotsman' heads north from Retford Station Retford on the ECML with FSRL's 'The Inaugural Scotsman' railtour from London Kings Cross to York on 4th July 1999
Copyright Photograph Robin Stewart-Smith - All Rights Reserved
The SBB Table 600 Inter Regio IR2159 06:03 Basel SBB to Locarno passes through Altdorf station in May 2011 in the care of Class Re 4/4" 11194.
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Stagecoach Cumberland Volvo B5TL - Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini III open top double decker bus is seen at Seatoller working a 78 to Keswick.
KLM Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner arriving on the Oude Meer end of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.
Emirates Skycargo Boeing B777-200F departing off the Polderbahn runway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.
Silkway West Airlines Boeing B747-400F departing off the Polderbahn runway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.
Some images from yet another glorious Swanage Diesel Gala. The organisers seem to have an uncanny knack of delivering fantastic weather along with fantastic haulage options.
Some images from yet another glorious Swanage Diesel Gala. The organisers seem to have an uncanny knack of delivering fantastic weather along with fantastic haulage options.
99004 is seen here after arrival with her first ever passenger working.
Some images from yet another glorious Swanage Diesel Gala. The organisers seem to have an uncanny knack of delivering fantastic weather along with fantastic haulage options.
Some images from yet another glorious Swanage Diesel Gala. The organisers seem to have an uncanny knack of delivering fantastic weather along with fantastic haulage options.
I had planned for a day out but wanted a couple of shots of these visiting industrials lineside first. In the event I only lasted until I took this shot. Probably the effects of prolonged sunshine and heat....
The Severn Valley Summer Gala is a new event and quite low key. Loadings in the morning seemed reasonable without being packed out. The Kerr Stuart is from the Foxfield Railway [I suspect it will stay in the area to appear at the Welland Steam Rally though the loco has not been announced yet]. The Neilson is visiting from the Chasewater line.
Neilson 0-4-0ST No 11 2932 of 1882 and Kerr Stuart 0-4-0ST Witch class 4388 app Foley Park tunnel on 18-7-26.
The working is the 11.25 Bewdley to Kidderminster shuttle service.
Ref: IMG_5986 18-7-26
LNER Azuma Class 800 No 800102 arrives in Haymarket Station Edinburgh with 1S11 - 1003 London Kings Cross to Aberdeen service on 18th July 2026
Copyright Photograph Robin Stewart-Smith - All Rights Reserved
