Friday, September 27, 2013

The 13:05 To Jerusalem

Today’s post was going to be all about sheep, but just before 1pm the post arrived with my repaired locomotive, so I can finally show you a working passenger train.

I thought I'd go for a video rather than a photo and while the train is probably moving a bit to fast and the video quality is poor you should still get the general idea.

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  1. The layout is looking very good.
    I suspect we both need a course on moving picture taking though.

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    1. I didn't think there was nothing wrong with your video, but this one definitely leaves a lot to be desired; the focus isn't great, it's wobbly and the interlacing makes it blurry to name just three things.

      I have an interesting railway related day out planned for tomorrow and hopefully there might be the opportunity for some video taking so I'll get a chance to practice and produce content for the blog.

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    2. Okay how many double negatives can I get in that sentence. I meant, of course, that I didn't think there was anything wrong with your video! In fact I'm off to watch it again.

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    3. You will find that much of it is out of focus. I'll try again tomorrow.

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  2. Good to see that your loco is back and working properly again. That's a great scene, with the mill. In another lifetime, (when I was young), I used to take turns with my Dad driving a truck delivering to mills in Lancashire and Yorkshire. This kinda takes me back!

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    1. Thanks Iain; triggering memories means I must be doing something right!

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  3. It's funny but the first thing I thought of as the train raced through was the potential danger of such speed on an unguarded line: especially one which might have sheep and cattle roaming around (not to mention squirrels).

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    1. And we all know what happens when a moving train hits a cow! I was having problems with it stalling on the points when run slower hence the speed -- I need to clean the track properly and then I might be able to run at a more realistic speed.

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