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Throwback Thursday… Members’ Day at the North Norfolk Railway

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Ready for departure, Sheringham
Ready for departure, Sheringham
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 18mm, 1/400s, f10, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

15 years ago it was the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society members’ day at the North Norfolk Railway (NNR).

Above is the view ahead (sort of) from immediately behind the tender of London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) class J15 0-6-0, a view almost impossible to capture unless…

Wisbech & Upwell Bogie Tramcar No.7
Wisbech & Upwell Bogie Tramcar No.7
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 26mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 200

… you’re travelling on the balcony of this!

This beautiful tramcar was built in 1884 for the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway (made famous by the Reverend W. Awdry’s ‘Toby the Tram Engine’) and was withdrawn from service in 1951 only to become an onion store! Painstaking restoration between 2002 and 2004 returned it to this condition and the NNR use it on during certain special events.

Throwback Thursday… ISIBUTU at the Statfold Barn Railway

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WB 4-4-0T ISIBUTU (works no.2820 of 1945)-20110917 (SBR)
W.G. Bagnall Ltd 2ft gauge 4-4-0T ISIBUTU
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 40mm, 1/500s, f11, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

15 years ago it was an event at the Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire.

ISIBUTU was built in 1945 by W.G. Bagnall Ltd for Tongaat Sugar in Natal, South Africa, and I believe it returned to the UK in the early 1970s.

Throwback Thursday… Dungeness

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Flags, Dungeness
Flags, Dungeness
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 62mm, 1/30s, f18, ISO 100

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

17 years ago it was the incredibly interesting landscape of Dungeness in Kent.

The flags fluttering in a very stiff breeze were on the deck of one of the many fishing boats drawn up on the shingle beach.

The building below isn’t entirely typical of the houses at Dungeness, but it, and the Airstream trailer, were very much in keeping with the area.

It’s an area I definitely should revisit!

Airstream Trailer, Dungeness
Airstream Trailer, Dungeness
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 31mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 100

Throwback Thursday… A walk along the Caledonian Canal

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Toby… and Ben
Toby… and Ben
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D at 34mm, 1/125, f5.6, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

21 years ago it was whatever caught my eye during a stroll along the Caledonian Canal from our holiday cottage in Banavie, near Fort William.

Toby lived in the field between the cottage and the canal and was quite friendly (although not as friendly as ‘Mister Roy’ the cottage owner’s dog!).

I remember hearing a steam whistle as we walked down the flight of locks known as ‘Neptune’s Staircase’ and sure enough, when we were about half along a steam locomotive burst into view… (London & North Eastern Railway class K1 2-6-0 No. 62005 should you be interested.)

Neptune's Staircase
Neptune’s Staircase
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D at 48mm, 1/160, f7.1, ISO 200

Throwback Thursday… Roker Lighthouse, August 2021

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Roker Lighthouse, August 2021
Roker Lighthouse, August 2021
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 135mm, 1/125s, f11, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Five years ago it was Roker Pier and Lighthouse, on a very blustery day!

The seabirds definitely add to the picture but a just a bit too far away for me, with my limited bird identification skills, to tell what they are.

Another pic of the pier and lighthouse, from the same day, can be found here.