> Quote - Fran, > aye, those old trains are awesome! :) love the look of 'em but glad they're gone, lol you should see the smoke ;) > and very true about the batteries, hehe. > > Got a smaller digi cam now, suitbale for snaps, older one is big fuji finepix, awesome lens etc, but too big a device to carry easily....and new one has even more megapixels though much smaller...advancing tech ;)

Glad they're gone!  Ooooh, sacrilege! 

The smoke was half the fun of it, anyway they aren't totally gone, I spent a whole day last year travelling up and down the line on two of them, one called "Bittern" and the other called "Wadebridge" - on the Watercress line - best day I've had for.......years!  I got loads of footage and even made a film out of it - my first documentary - sort of.

Oh the smell of the smoke, the sounds, the fire in the firebox, the sheen on those lovely lovely engines!  Man, that was an excellent adventure!

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