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1 Galleries
2 Dark snaps from & of trains, Tuesday April 27th 2004
3 Steam locomotive, Wednesday April 28th 2004
4 More trains, May 1st 2004
5 Central London by bike, afternoon, May 2nd 2004
6 Central London by bike, afternoon of the 31st May, and foot, afternoon of the 1st June 2004.
7 Brighton, Newcastle, & Northumberland
Dark snaps from & of trains, Tuesday April 27th 2004
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Work day. Clapham Junction - Chertsey - East Croydon - Clapham Junction. Dark & rainy evening, not much luck; many dark & blurry snaps.
Psion Organiser II Model CM
A Class 60 railway locomotive owned by EWS but in the Transrail livery, at Clapham Junction railway station, England, April 2004.
Level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise
Station frontage, evening
Tramlink tram interchange outside the station
Electronic information board in the concourse
View of platforms, evening
Thameslink train exits the station, heading south
Thameslink Class 319 DC Unit, East Croydon railway station, April 2004
Steam locomotive, Wednesday April 28th 2004
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I came across some sort of steam locomotive Cathedral City excursion thingie ... old green rolling stock being pulled by a Class 47 loco, waiting at the station for a slot on the Waterloo line. Out of sight, being pulled, was 73096, a 4-6-0 engine. Imagine my surprise, &c.
British Railways standard class 5 73096, a 4-6-0 steam loco at Virginia Water station, England, April 2004.
A Class 66 railway locomotive in Freightliner livery at Virginia Water station, England, April 2004.
Class 47 railway locomotive, hired from Fragonset Railways, Victoria Water railway station, April 2004
South West Trains Class 458 railway DC Unit, Virginia Water station, April 2004
More trains, May 1st 2004
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Liverpool Street station
Part of the station concourse
Liverpool Street station roof, with an ex-GNER Class 90 locomotive in the foreground
Modern platform extensions at Liverpool Street station
An atmospheric curtain wall at Liverpool Street station
Central London by bike, afternoon, May 2nd 2004
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Battersea Power Station viewed from the north bank of the River Thames at Pimlico
The National Audit Office building, built originally as the Imperial Airways Empire Terminal. The statue, "Speed Wings over the World" is by Eric Broadbent"
The Imperial Airways Empire Terminal, Victoria, London. Trains ran from here to flying boats in Southampton, and to Croydon Airport
"Speed Wingos Over the World", statue on a portal above the Empire Terminals main entrance; by Eric Broadbent
Columbus sits amonst the flowers and trees of Belgrave Square, London
Speaker's Corner on a Sunday in April, 2004
The tower seen from its base
The new University College Hospital building
Statue of Robert Stephenson at Euston Station, London
British Library main building, London
Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station
IKB in bronze overlooking the River Thames at Temple, London.
South Kensington station entrance
South Kensington station building
Bronze of George VI at Carlton House Terrace, London
Little Ben, Victoria Street, London
Brighton, Newcastle, & Northumberland
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The town of Alnwick, nestling behind Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle, from the east, across the Pastures and the River Aln
Brighton station concourse
Chimney stacks on a Newcastle upon Tyne building
Davison's obelisk celebrating Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson , at Swarland
The main inscription on the obelisk
Morpeth railway station buildings
Earl Grey atop the Grey's Monument, looking down Grey Street in Newcastle upon Tyne
Modern fabric and rubber sandals - ideal for camping
The Grand Hotel, on Brighton seafront in 2004, restored after the IRA bomb
A contemporary British Telecom phone box outside Morpeth station in Northumberland
Grey 's Monument, above the Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station
HMS Example (P165) on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope , Gateshead
HMS Archer (P264) and HMS Example (P165) on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope , Gateshead
Lindisfarne