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I am a retired Cardiff bus driver , i have a keen interest in all forms of transport (except buses) Paddle Steamers , Steam Locomotives , and vintage aircraft are my favourites . I love to take pictures and attend exhibitions where i can . I am olso a strong long time fan of Cardiff City AFC the team that plays in blue (not red) .

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Wilton Kirklees Model Boat Show 9th Sept 2012


USS Missouri

HMS Bermuda

Grand Banks Schooner

HMCS Snowberry

HMS Active

HMS Monmouth

HMS Zulu   HMS Liverpool behind

HM Tug Enforcer with model of KM Bismarck

IJN Chokia  HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Saintes   HMS Liverpool   HMS Zulu

HM Drifter Minesweeper

Type X1 U Boat

SMS Emden

HMS Dreadnought

Left to right : SMS Emden  HMS Monmouth

Tugboat Imara

Tugboat Lowgarth

HMS Cleopatra

Deepsea rescue Tugboat Flying Phantom

KMS E Boat

IOM Steam Packet Tynwald

RAF Airsea Rescue Launch

Type X1 UBoat on the lake

HMS Bryony

HMS Active on the lake

RNLI Lifeboat Queen Mother


Tugboat Canning and steam launch
Drifter Formidable
Large sailing yaght



IJN Chokia


Friday, August 31, 2012

North Yorks Moors Railway 30th August 2012


60007 4-6-2 Sir Nigel Gresley


Plaque on boilerside of 60007


60007 reversing off train at Grosmont station



Cab of 60007




BR Class4 4-6-0 75029 at Grosmont


Jubilee display at station


SR S15 4-6-0 at Grosmont


Grosmont staion view


Deltic 55022 at Grosmont sheds


BR Class 8F 92214 "Cock Of The North" at Goathland


Goathland Station veiw


Station board


Footbridge Goathland station


Signalbox Goathland station


60007 at Pickering station

BR Class 4 4-6-0 at Crosmont bay platform

75029 running back to station


Goathland Hotel , The Aidensfield Arms in TV series "Heartbeat"


Scripps garage Aidensfield "Heartbeat" Goathland 



EE Type3 37264 Goathland sheds

Cab of 75029


Sign on fence at Grosmont shed entrance

The worlds earliest horse-drawn passenger railway tunnel built in 1833-35 . At Grosmont