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Anybody going to this?

I am booked at the moment for 3 days on the NYMR stand in the Marquee.
Call in and say hello if passing through.

Gresley, Mallard and Flying Scotsman all there yesterday.

Going to railfest Monday to Friday

I will be there Friday & Saturday, along with the night session during the week. Looking forward to it immensely.

I'm going on Tuesday-is SCOTSMAN still black?I hope so.It'll be great to look round stuff we don't normally see up here-the 395's etc.Just hope the rain keeps off!!

Yes, Scotsman is still in black, but none of the motion is present on the loco. So if, like me you'll be photographing everything, you're gonna have a hard time getting a decent shot.

S.A.C. Martin wrote:I will be there Friday & Saturday, along with the night session during the week. Looking forward to it immensely.

Hey if that's Saturday the 9th, I will hope to be meeting you there.

blackout60800 wrote:Yes, Scotsman is still in black, but none of the motion is present on the loco. So if, like me you'll be photographing everything, you're gonna have a hard time getting a decent shot.

So true, but the best times to photograph Flying Scotsman, is at the begining and at the end. The crowds will be quite thin at those times.

I'll have five days to play around with, so I've plenty of opportunites. I'm hoping to catch 70013 coming in on Wednesday too

blackout60800 wrote:I'll have five days to play around with, so I've plenty of opportunites. I'm hoping to catch 70013 coming in on Wednesday too

Alas I only have one day

Had a cracking day on Tuesday,thoroughly enjoyed myself.The rain stayed off too!First time in 30 years i'd been in the cab of KOYLI-sure it wasn't as much of a squeeze then!!!

I will be on the NYMR stand for the next 2 days.
Why am I such a sucker for doing this again?

Call in and say hello if passing through.

i was there on near enough every locomotive during railfest
so much fun