Northumberland- railway pics

So one big update of the transport photography from Northumberland (because it wouldn't be a Ribbon Art and Photography post without some railway pictures).  Above, the Royal Border Bridge in Berwick upon Tweed, Cross Country service going south.

And then on to the Aln Valley Railway, near Alnwick.

This is a new-build preserved railway- small but friendly.

Everything in this picture is new-build, having been a greenfield site until a few years ago.

And looking the other way towards where the railway will eventually strike-off to Alnmouth.

This diesel was supposed to be doing 'driver for a tenner' experiences, but unfortunately these weren't available in the summer hols, disappointingly.

From the balcony on the brakevan, am attempt at a 'real life' version of the Project Intercity miniatures work.

Typically low-angle shot in the yard.

And the train giving the passenger rides- industrial loco "Richboro", new-build van and a beautifully restored Mk1 coach.

End of the line.

One of the other evenings, went out for a walk with two of the childs, and one of the in-laws, down to Belford Level Crossing (partly for photography purposes, partly for 'Tiring Out The Childs Before Their Bedtime' purposes)

I don't usually get chance to do mainline railway shots with trains moving at this speed, but really the camera couldn't cope with it in failing light (we only had the older SLR with us).

A bit of railway photography was a bit of a by-chance sort of a business- travelling back from Berwick one afternoon, we got stuck in a huge slow-moving traffic que, with no idea what was at the front.  Trying to go cross-country to overtake the jam, we were a little worried to suddenly find ourself face-to-face with the cause of the que, which had turned off the main road at this point...

...a convoy of combine harvesters, though apparently combine harvesters as designed by Gerry Anderson and straight off the set of "Thunderbirds"...

Still, not a bad shot off the bridge whilst we were waiting.

And a last shot- trains passing on the Berwick bridge.