Roundhouse Bertie hauls slate and coal

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Chris Bird

Steam,gardening, photography
Hi folks
Yesterday, I completed a little weathering on the Swift Sixteen version of the tiny guard's van in the North Wales Slate Museum and also on a couple of tall coal wagons. Here on the SLR, the van runs on the track to provide much needed shelter for the brake man and looks the part I think (see photo).

Incredibly, it was mild and sunny, so Bertie came out of storage and was put into service so that I could make a little video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh_lspIO8fs

Oh yes - and I must remember the loco lamps in future....;-)

Cheers
Chris
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:love: a delight to watch..thanks
 
Luverly......just damn fine
 
Thanks guys - i appreciate the comments:)
I confess that the session was not without stress - single handed filming is always lively, but then there were the planes, helicopters, vans and kindly visitors (the railway is in my front garden!). Bodkin came to help but quickly got bored...........:D
Cheers
Chris
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Hi Chris
Your railway looks idyllic the scenery compliments your railway and your new brake van goes well with your rake of wagons.
Graham.
 
Chris Bird said:
Thanks guys - i appreciate the comments:)
I confess that the session was not without stress - single handed filming is always lively, but then there were the planes, helicopters, vans and kindly visitors (the railway is in my front garden!). Bodkin came to help but quickly got bored...........:D
Cheers
Chris
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Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect.....................:bigsmile:
 
Thanks again guys - and of course Rob Bushill is the guy who should get the credit for the well matched wagons :thumbup:
Cheers
Chris
 
Shawn said:
Chris that was a great video. Your railway has so much charm. There is no doubt a skill when running live steam and trying to take video at the same time.
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Thanks Shawn - though the skill you refer to is a lot to do with editing out the bad bits:D

Having a light train makes it much more difficult and most of these shots were after the first ten minutes as I got used to it. My real friend, though, was a bean bag (actually filled with chicken corn) to look after the camera for many of the shots. It is much less hassle than a tripod for the close in stuff.

Cheers
Chris
 
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