Diesel Weekend 2002 at Mid-Hants Railway (The Watercress
Line)
Diesel traction
Diesel Enthusiast Weekend 2002
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Diesel Weekend 2002 at Mid-Hants Railway (The Watercress
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Diesel traction
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Photos and reports from 26-28th April 2002
Date: 29/04/2002 08:47:23 GMT Daylight Time
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Date: 27/04/2002 18:33:56 GMT Daylight Time
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| 26th April 2002: Your webmaster would be the first to admit
he knows nothing about diesel railway locos (and about any other sort!) but
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These photos do capture something of the flavour of today's events (26th April) at MHR. Enthusiasts I spoke with said it was a good day, and they clearly were very happy bunnies. The group in the West Country Buffet were from oop North and from Plymouth, and had come especially to see the Class 50, they told me.
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| The first six photos are at Alresford, where on arrival trains had loco
uncoupled and replacement added for the return run to maintain varied traction
thoughout the day.
The last one shows a train departing Ropley. Photos (all 26th April 2002): Tony Wood
Your single best pic of this event would be
most welcome for publication on this page |
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| Subj: Trainspotters Ball 3 Date: 07/05/2002 21:08:20 GMT Daylight Time From: jday@mottinghamxxxxxxxxx To: tonywood@watercressline.co.uk Dear all at the Watercress Line, Many many thanks for putting on the excellent diesel loco weekend 26-28 April. Myself and a life-long friend attended on the Saturday and Sunday, re-living late 1970's childhood memories and meeting people with similar avid interests. And once again thanks to Tony the chef who saved our day by giving us a lift from Ropley to Alton to catch the Brighton Belle. After a long browse around Ropley shed we found ourselves stranded (or rather up-the creek without a paddle); we have certainly lost our technique of tight-knit scheduling of haulage. I'm a diesel loco fan myself, but the 2 steam locos on shed certainly looked impressive. A trip on one of the main line excursions, with families, is in order. Here's a select few of the e-photo's we took, perhaps some can be put on the web-site for others to view. See you next year. Jon and Julian |
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