TC on Tour (tom curtis)
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Now retired for nearly 5 years after lifetime in the NHS.Lived around Warminster now for over 30yrs.Have had an interest in railways all my life,hanging around Westbury sheds in the late 50's,still hanging around railways somewhere even today....Have amassed many 1000's of slides and lately digital photographs of railway based subjects.Hope to eventually show many of my better pictures here...new scans etc to be added regularly............

Location:Crockerton Wiltshire

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    The returning '2V67' from Weymouth to Bristol-TM is seen passing the ranks of tall evergreens beside the tracks at Bathampton.Power being provided by 67017 'Arrow' and 67016-dor with the nice 'traditional' liveried Mk-2's in between.Don't know who the driver was but recognised the guard as a certain Mike Goodfield!..04 july 2009..
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    1 67017670162v67bathampton040709.JPG   The returning '2V67' from Weymouth to Bristol-TM is seen passing the ranks of tall evergreens beside the tracks at Bathampton.Power being provided by 67017 'Arrow' and 67016-dor with the nice 'traditional' liveried Mk-2's in between.Don't know who the driver was but recognised the guard as a certain Mike Goodfield!..04 july 2009..  Latest Images(All types) -----Mainly digital but still a few slides.(Will be moved to respective galleries after about a Month)  (27)
    2 6701767016cockhilgaw2o72040709.jpg   Still the same pair of 'Skips' 17&16 on this service as the last four weeks,'2O72' Bristol to Weymouth SO.Here going away from Cockhill heading towards next stop at Yeovil Pen-Hill.Note the track here an interesting combination of Bullhead Rail and Concrete Sleepers..04 july 2009..  Latest Images(All types) -----Mainly digital but still a few slides.(Will be moved to respective galleries after about a Month)  (25)
    3 6v1259002wokingtorrebuns300609.jpg   Despite only being the end of June evening shadows are already beginning to start getting longer! Here 59002 drags '6V12' from Woking heading to Merehead pictured passing 'Bunns-lane' nr Witham-Friary..30 june 2009..  Latest Images(All types) -----Mainly digital but still a few slides.(Will be moved to respective galleries after about a Month)  (24)
    4 67016cockhill2o72040709.JPG   Bristol-Weymouth '2O72' Saturday service runs down through Cockhill-South of Castle-Cary.67016/67017 c/w stock used during the week on the Cardiff-Taunton services.04 july 2008.. Footnote---Knew I should of cut down the 'small' sapling on the rhs of shot 10 years ago!  Latest Images(All types) -----Mainly digital but still a few slides.(Will be moved to respective galleries after about a Month)  (23)
    5 601635z72tyseleybristol.JPG   Running from Tyseley to Bristol(Barton Hill) is '5z72' 60163 ready to take up it's duty on Sundays 'Torbay Express' Recorded passing Bathampton drawing just its Support Coach.Light was the usual pre-requisite----Dire! ..04 july 2009..  Latest Images(All types) -----Mainly digital but still a few slides.(Will be moved to respective galleries after about a Month)  (19)
    Most Recent Collections
    Mixed-Traffic Weekend at the West-Somerset Railway. (18 images) New
    Latest Images(All types) -----Mainly digital but still a few slides.(Will be moved to respective galleries after about a Month) (225 images) Updated
    Pre-Digital Scanned Transparencies and Prints.(Will move after about a month to appropriate gallery) (83 images) Updated
    Swanage Diesel Gala 2009 (28 images) Updated
    The 47854 Mis-hap at Westbury (14 images) Updated
    West Somerset Railway Steam Gala on the 29th/march/2009 (16 images)
    Digital shots . 2nd time around Review. (35 images)
    Class 67..GM's .....Out and about...(Hauling mainly Charter Trains but occasionally scheduled services). (81 images)
    Sheds-Sheds-Sheds.......All Varieties...Red,Blue,Green,Orange,Yellow and Black...(Includes the 59+++ type as well)....... (396 images)
    British (Built) Diesels on Passenger and other non-freight workings. (256 images)
    Freight Trains using British Built Traction. (260 images)
    High Speed Trains....(HST's) (140 images)
    A Quick look over the Wall at Whatley Quarry. (21 images)
    Electric Powered Locomotives (Passenger & Freight workings) also the more common EMU's,This includes Pendolino's. (46 images)
    Barry Island Scrap-Yard (25 images)
    Shunters......mostly national system but a few industrials..... (29 images)
    London Terminus Day (08 November 2008) (17 images)
    Camlik Railway Museum-Turkey (50 images)
    East Somerset Railway--Merehead Open Day.(Including the Westbury-Cranmore Shuttles) (42 images)
    Long Marston Open Day (Class 87 Farewell) 8th June 2008 (30 images)
    Swanage Diesal Gala 2008 (41 images)
    59/0-59/1-59/2 Class Pioneers on 1st/April/2008 (3 images)
    Bristol-Chippenham Shuttles 24/March/2008 (10 images)
    Lost in France (Class 37's on French Duty) (23 images)
    Just a few Nameplates and Logo's (28 images)
    Track Machines and other various Network Rail liveried Motorised Rolling-Stock. (23 images)
    Locomotive Portraits over the years (58 images)
    Steam around Britain up to 1968(end of Main-line workings) (57 images)
    Units Units Units Units Units...Basically anything thats uses underfloor engines................. (118 images)
    Diesel Traction around Britains Preserved Railways (39 images)
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    Welcome to my Fotopic Site....Eventually will cover not only modern scene from around 1990 to date but also some quite old stuff from my youth in the 1960's.These will be mainly B&W but a few early slides,some a bit suspect due to age(Up to 45 yrs old) but historically
    quite interesting..Photographic equipment used varied from Brownie 127 and Halina 35x in the 60's through 25mm Spotmatic Pentax's up to mid 90's then Olympus OM series camera's until finally went modern with a couple of EOS Canons..Digital started in October-2003 with Minolta 7i then an A200.Moved on to a Canon EOS 350D then a 400D and now a 40D, (With the 400D as a back-up)....

    Lenses used are ....50mm mk1 f1.8,...28-105 USM Mk-2 (My Favourite. 'L' Quality without the cost! Guess I just got lucky with this one!),... 28-135 IS-USM Zoom,... and an "L series" F4.0 70-200 USM Zoom,all Canon system-lenses.

    Keep checking back as I will be updating regularly with both fresh stuff and older slides as well ------------ (Site now contains nearly 2300 pictures to date---July- 2009---) Thanks for looking ....Tom C.....(TC on Tour)


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