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Steaming away in Llangollen

The venue: Llangollen Railway station. Here we see the Lady of Llagollen, number 3802, a classic 2-8-0 GWR Heavy Freight locomotive renamed today for Mothers day from its usual title of Rockstar. The heavens have opened up but it will not deter the many pre-booked travellers out on a trip to Corwen enjoying the spectacular Dee Valley whilst having afternoon Tea.

The two PiPs show the locomotive switching rails at the terminus tunnel just at the end of the platform and a shot through the carriage window (including rainy reflections) showing the pre-prepared sandwiches, scones and cakes, all part of a traditional Welsh Afternoon Tea, just waiting for the guest and tea-pot.

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More info: llangollen-railway.co.uk/news/rockstar-freight-engine-to-be-renamed-the-lady-of-llangollen-for-mothers-day-celebrations
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15 comments

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Nice series Herb.
Thank you for the link.
6 days ago

Gudrun said:

This is a very handsome lady, well caught with plenty of steam!
5 days ago

Herb Riddle replied to Gudrun:

A treat for us as well, as we seldom see steam trains nowadays. Yes the locomotive is all sparkly clean for its Mother's day run. Glad you enjoyed it.

Cheers. Herb
5 days ago

James said:

Great shot there is nothing like the sight, sound and smell of old steam trains
5 days ago

Herb Riddle replied to James:

Yes you are right James. I still get a thrill being up close to these magnificent beast.

Take care. Heerb
5 days ago

Keith Burton said:

A delightful little collection of railway images Herb. I've already commented on the Mother's Day shot.

I love this main image with the loco wreathed in steam and smoke. I bet it sounded good as wall. A splendid capture.

The other two PiPs are lovely as well. It looks like you had a great day out..!!
5 days ago

Herb Riddle replied to Keith Burton:

Always good when you like one of my captures Keith and when there are a full series, that is a special thing for me. It would have been nice to capture this running at full steam on the tracks but we timed that a little wrong. It was funny seeing the smartly dressed attendants running from the station room to the carriages in heavy rain balancing the filled cake stands to the carriages.

ps from here, we ourselves went for a Mother's Day afternoon tea in a local Llangollen cafe (a present)

Cheers. Herb
5 days ago

James replied to Herb Riddle:

We have a steam railway at Havenstreet and every now and then people suggest we should use them all over the island, I would love to see that but it will never happen :-(
5 days ago

Keith Burton replied to Herb Riddle:

Glad you and your wife had a good day Herb ;-)
5 days ago

Andrea Allasio said:

Lovely steam-locomotor!
5 days ago ( translate )

TOZ said:

A great image and a nice set love the steam railways and then went for afternoon tea nice one.
All the best Gordon
5 days ago

Annemarie said:

wonderful image
5 days ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Excellent capture!
5 days ago ( translate )

uwschu said:

immer wieder ein atemberaubener Anblick, wenn sie durch die Landschaft fahren
5 days ago ( translate )

tiabunna said:

Great steam railway images, Herb.
4 days ago ( translate )