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Last weekend the, brand new, steam engine "Tornado" visited Chester.
This engine was actually completed in february of last year, being a completely new build of an A1 class express engine. one of the last classes to be designed by the old LNER, before nationalisation in 1948.
Most of the major classes of British steam engine have examples in preservation, but somehow the A1s slipped through the net.
This is probably why this particular class was chosen for a new build, as enthusiasts realised that the old engines are getting very long in the tooth, and new builds will keep steam operating for years into the future.
Having said that most of the old engines are in far better condition now, than they were when still in use in the final years of steam under British Railways.
I believe that a Great Western Grange class has also been under construction, for a number of years, one of the few other higher profile locos that doesn't have a surviving example.
I am lucky, living in Chester, as we get regular steam visitors, many of which carry on down the picturesque North Wales coast.
Sorry this isn't a great quality photo.
I took it with my mobile/cell phone, and couldn't see a thing in the screen, because of the strong sunlight. It was just point and hope.
Hope this post is of interest to any of you who remember the days when these, almost living, machines ruled the rails.If you would like to see Tornado in action there are a whole host of videos on YouTube.
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Yes it’s time to grab the ski gear, head for the slopes again, and marvel at the changing weather The Alps can throw at you.
When I arrived, in Le Clusaz, it was about 10 below, and my friend who’s here for the season told me that the weather had been awful with hardly any sunshine at all.
The forecast was for more drab conditions for the foreseeable future, but miracle of miracles, it was completely wrong, and the weather has got sunnier and warmer, ever since I arrived.
The downside is the snow will soon need a refreshing dump, not the rain that is likely to arrive.
My legs are too old to ski every day, so here is a picture of me posing by the lake, on an afternoon out at nearby Annecy, a favourite haunt.
This was followed by a visit to an Indian restaurant, but it was mediocre fair compared with what they serve up in England.
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Just a quick post to show a couple of pictures of the snow we had, earlier this month.
The top one is a view along the disused railway track, that passes behind our bungalow, and stretches just over the Welsh border, meeting the River Dee nr Queensferry. It was a nice sunny day when my stepmum and I walked along here, but very cold.
The lower one shows some bullocks, foraging in the snow, on the outskirts of Delamere forest, another of our regular haunts.
We are due to have a milder couple of days this weekend, but the cold snap is forecast to return next week. Brrrr
Hope this means that the skiing will be good when I go for a break, [unfortunate choice of words], in March.
Hope you had a great new year, fellow internet money makers, and are not finding the return to reality too taxing.
Here in Chester we have, luckily, escaped the worst of the snow, so it looks white, but doesn’t stop people getting about.
However, the icy conditions have prevented my step mum and I having our normal quota of walks. Not helpful at the end of the excess eating season.
According to the forecasters, there is no end in site to the current conditions.
This is the coldest winter, in the UK, for 20 years--I blame global warming.
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