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Here you can find links to our latest photo and video reports from special events and normal visits heritage railways and other museums around the country. You can also read a report from each visit, just click on the underlined titles. Photo and video links open in new windows, articles open in the same window.

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2011

December

'The Willam Shakespeare' 30/12/11

On a wet and gloomy 30th December LNER 'A1' pacific 4-6-2 No:60163 'Tornado' is seen heading 'The William Shakespeare' rail tour up Wilcote bank out of Stratford-on-Avon on its way back to London Paddington. The rostered motive power for the trip was GWR 'King' class 4-6-0 No:6024 'King Edward I' but this was replaced by the 'A1' due to gauging problems.

Video (HD, 1:07)

Photos (4)

October

Mid Hants Railway Autumn Steam Spectacular 28/10/11

Over the final weekend in October the Watercress Line provided a star studded line up of no fewer than 9 locomotives, that ensured that the event lived up to its 'spectacular' title.An action packed timetable meant there was little time to wait between trains and goods and engineering trains added interest in between the intensive passenger services. Read More.

Photos - 26 high quality photographs

Video (HD, 11:40)

GWSR 15/10/11

With No:7903 'Foremarke Hall's boiler ticket due to expire at the end of October Totally-transport.co.uk paid a visit to the GWSR to see the 'Modified Hall' in action with some of its last passenger trips before being replaced in the roster by No:45160 on Wednesday.Locations: foot crossing near Woodmancote and Winchcombe Station.

Photos (9)

Video (07:12,HD)

September

SVR Autumn Gala 24/09/11

The beautiful SVR played host to a magnificent line up of locomotives from the home fleet and visiting locomotives over the last weekend in September. Almost every train was full to bursting, and even fuller behind the big stars of the show but the event lost none of its magic with non stop, all night trains from first thing Friday morning to Saturday afternoon, is this Britain's ultimate steam gala? Read More.

Photos (37)

Video (12:38 HD)

Cathedrals Express 17/09/11

On Saturday 17th September Tyseley's 'Castle' class 4-6-0 No:5043 'Earl of Mount Edgecumbe' hauled the 'Cathedrals Express' from Tyseley to London Paddington via the newly re-doubled Cotswold Line. Totally-transport.co.uk travelled to Honeybourne to see her thunder past!

Photos (4)

Video (1:18, 720p HD)

Video - return journey (0:37, 720p HD)

Shakespeare Express 04/09/11

On 4th September 2011, the penultimate Sunday of Shakespeare Express operations, we took the opportunity to travel to a new location for us - Bearley Junction, Warwickshire. We were treated to a magificent display from Tyseley's immaculate (as always!) 'Hall' No:4965 'Rood Ashton Hall' in super lighting conditions. Hope you enjoy the photos and HD video, which also includes a clip of a Chiltern class 165 DMU from the same location.

Photos (8)

Video (1:43,HD)

August

Gwili Railway 30/08/11

On the 30th August 2011 we paid a visit to the delightful Gwili Railway, near the Welsh county town of Carmarthen. Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T S.Fox & Co LTD No:20 'Jennifer', currently on loan to the Gwili from the Llangollen Railway, was in operation...Read More

Photos (5)

Video (7:31, HD)

St Davids Lifeboat Station Open Day 28/08/11

On the 28th August 2011 St Davids Lifeboat station opened its doors to the pubilc for its annual open day which culminated in the launch of both the station's All Weather 'Tyne' class lifeboat 'Garside' and their Inshore D class 'Myrtle and Trevor Gurr'...Read More

Photos (13)

Video (5:45,HD)

GWSR 18 & 21/08/11

Our two most recent visits to the 'friendly line in the Cotswolds' brought two extremes of the ' British summer' weather! A rain soaked Thursday 18th August saw No:2807 hauling service trains and we dropped by Cheltenham Racecourse station to see it on the 10:40am departure. However, a return visit to travel on one of the inaugral 2807 supporters' trains on Sunday 21st August heralded a nearly cloudless blue skies! We also managed to catch the Turkish 8F TCCD No:45160 at Greet Tunnel using the footpath just above the southern portal. Happily, since our last visit to that location all of the undergrowth between the path and the portal had been cut back opening up new vistas to our lenses!

Photos (9)

Video (11:28,HD)

Shakespeare Express 17/07/11

Totally-transport.co.uk popped down to Wilmcote again on 17th August 2011 armed with both our stills camera and HD camcorder to watch No:5043 'Earl of Mount Edgecumbe' on the late afternoon departure from Stratford. However, all did not go quite a according to plan! The location we'd chosen was close to the canal, just over the bridge that carries the footpath over the railway. Suffice to say, a hedge got in the way of the video and the resulting stills were only captured by way of a last minute dash onto the bridge!

Photos

GWSR 9/08/11

A whistlestop visit to Cheltenham Racecourse resulted in us coming away with the following footage of TCDD No:45160 (The Turkish 8F) on the 10:40AM departure.

Video (HD)

Les Train Des Mouettes - 1/08/11

A rare trip to see some French steam action brought Totally-transport.co.uk to the 'train of the gulls' in the Charente Maritime department to ride behind the oldest operational standard gauge steam locomotive in France.

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