Bathroom Boarded and Main Line Steam Trains

Our new bathroom has had its ceiling and walls plaster-boarded and the effect is, well, smaller than we had supposed.   To the extent that I had a walk, in hail and pestilence to Timberworks in Settle through whom we have bought our bathroom fittings, to find out their measurements.  There, I met our actual bathroom awaiting collection.  Tape measure out, dimensions recorded and now drawn out on the bathroom floor.   Everything fits with room to spare.  Daylight picture threatened.

Another fly-past by Flying Scotsman today in atrocious weather.   This one Liverpool - Carlisle - Liverpool.  Another one next Saturday too!   It really is astounding how much main  line steam activity there is nowadays and how popular it is despite the high fares.  Can only be a matter of time before some enterprising operator makes a fortune with a regular main line steam service somewhere in England.  I cannot think of anywhere better than the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle or better still London-Leeds-Settle-Carlisle-Glasgow / Edinburgh.   Trouble would be water supplies en-route though.  Nothing would give me more pleasure than for our water tower to resume its intended purpose.  With us living below of course!

Here is a splendid picture from Railcam of TWO steam engines at York  Station today, from the camera mounted on Network Rail's Regional Operations Centre.  Clun Castle and Tornado.

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Boris needs to make a real fuss of Scotland I reckon and there should be railcams like this at all main stations.   Why not Network Rail?