railways.co.uksteam train at speed 58
March 1st - St David's Day, fantastic blue skies and 60163 is heading into Wales. I'm on a rural bridge in Wiltshire and I'm joined by a group of friendly locals, keen to see Tornado. We watch a procession of HSTs, with one or two false alarms, then Charlie reckons he can hear the whistle a few miles off. Sure enough Tornado heads across the middle distance and we await the run past.
It's a bit extravagant, but I film from both sides (I had my old camera mended and stuck it on a tripod to see if it worked ok). I prefer hand-held, despite the wobbles - the tripod is shooting a bit high. From whichever side it's over in a flash and a Class 66 on freight shows how the light was just perfect for something running in the other direction ! next time maybe!
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