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GBRf Class 66 No. 66734 ‘Platinum Jubilee’ stands adjacent to Eastleigh railway station – 02\/06\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

66734 ‘Platinum Jubilee’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We kicked off our four day Platinum Jubilee Weekend when we popped into Eastleigh to see newly outshopped GBRf EU Class 66 conversion No. 66734. The locomotive, previously No. PB04 when in use in Europe, has taken the identity of Class 66\/7 No. 66734, which was written off in a landslide adjacent near Loch Trieg in 2012, and is the 100th member of the class acquired by GBRailfreight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GBRf Class 66 No. 66734 ‘Platinum Jubilee’ stands adjacent to Eastleigh railway station – 02\/06\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Detail from 66734 ‘Platinum Jubilee’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To mark the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen, the engine has been given a special purple and silver livery, with the Platinum Jubilee logo and Union Flag on the bodyside. The engine has been named ‘Platinum Jubilee’, and although it currently carries vinyl nameplates, these will be replaced by cast versions in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detail from 66734 ‘Platinum Jubilee’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Detail from 66734 ‘Platinum Jubilee’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GBRf Class 66 No. 66734 ‘Platinum Jubilee’ and Freightliner sister No. 66553 stabled next to Eastleigh railway station – 02\/06\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Didcot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After our brief visit to Eastleigh, we headed off to Didcot Railway Centre<\/a> for an evening photographic event run by TimeLine Events<\/a> who had arranged for Great Western Railway Castle Class 4-6-0 No. 4079 ‘Pendennis Castle’ to be in steam for a number of scenarios around the site. You can read about our earlier visit to Didcot when No. 4079 was relaunched into service here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TimeLine events specialise in recreating scenes from past eras using convincing re-enactors\u00a0wearing authentic period dress in credible locations. Joining one of these events has been on my bucket list for a while now. We were a little late on arrival and once we had gained access to the railway centre, we quickly joined in the spirit of things. I really enjoyed the evening and the photographic opportunities and would attend another similar event in the future. I wasn’t totally satisfied with my resulting images and another time I would mount my camera on a tripod and try a variation of settings. As it was, this time around I hand held the DSLR and this certainly shows on shots taken later on in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great Western Railway Castle Class 4-6-0 No. 4079 ‘Pendennis Castle’ at Didcot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great Western Railway Castle Class 4-6-0 No. 4079 ‘Pendennis Castle’in the shed at Didcot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great Western Railway Castle Class 4-6-0 No. 4079 ‘Pendennis Castle’ at Didcot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Although not the prime reason for attending the evening, I very much enjoyed seeing ‘Pendennis Castle’ in steam as she moved around Didcot and being turned on the turntable. Here’s a video showing a little taste of the evening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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