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The famous Flying Scotsman in my village

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I only found out less than an hour before it was due so I didn’t have much time to prepare, but this morning the famous Flying Scotsman steam locomotive passed through Aldermaston Station. Here’s a short video (incl an initial false alarm as we didn’t know the exact times) of the pass:

I also took a few pictures, if they are any good (haven’t looked yet) I’ll post them in a separate entry later.

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  5. Following on from the Flying Scotsman steam locomotive passing Aldermaston Station video here are my favourites from the still pictures I took on the occasion:

    First view of the Flying Scotsman</p> ” data-image-meta=”{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Armin Grewe","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}” data-image-title=”First view of the Flying Scotsman” data-large-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-approach-1000×668.jpg” data-medium-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-approach-500×334.jpg” data-orig-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-approach.jpg” data-orig-size=”1000,668″ height=”150″ src=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-approach-150×150.jpg” width=”150″>

    First view of the Flying Scotsman

    The Flying Scotsman approaching</p> ” data-image-meta=”{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Armin Grewe","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}” data-image-title=”The Flying Scotsman approaching” data-large-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-approach-2-1000×668.jpg” data-medium-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-approach-2-500×334.jpg” data-orig-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-approach-2.jpg” data-orig-size=”1000,668″ height=”150″ src=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-approach-2-150×150.jpg” width=”150″>

    The Flying Scotsman approaching

    The Flying Scotsman under steam</p> ” data-image-meta=”{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Armin Grewe","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}” data-image-title=”The Flying Scotsman under steam” data-large-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-steam-1000×668.jpg” data-medium-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-steam-500×334.jpg” data-orig-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-steam.jpg” data-orig-size=”1000,668″ height=”150″ src=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-steam-150×150.jpg” width=”150″>

    The Flying Scotsman under steam

    The Flying Scotsman closing in</p> ” data-image-meta=”{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Armin Grewe","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}” data-image-title=”The Flying Scotsman closing in” data-large-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-closing-1000×668.jpg” data-medium-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-closing-500×334.jpg” data-orig-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-closing.jpg” data-orig-size=”1000,668″ height=”150″ src=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-closing-150×150.jpg” width=”150″>

    The Flying Scotsman closing in

    The Flying Scotsman from the front</p> ” data-image-meta=”{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Armin Grewe","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}” data-image-title=”The Flying Scotsman from the front” data-large-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-front-1000×668.jpg” data-medium-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-front-500×334.jpg” data-orig-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-front.jpg” data-orig-size=”1000,668″ height=”150″ src=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-front-150×150.jpg” width=”150″>

    The Flying Scotsman from the front

    The Flying Scotsman has gone past</p> ” data-image-meta=”{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Armin Grewe","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}” data-image-title=”The Flying Scotsman has gone past” data-large-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-gone-past-1000×668.jpg” data-medium-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-gone-past-500×334.jpg” data-orig-file=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-gone-past.jpg” data-orig-size=”1000,668″ height=”150″ src=”http://blog.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/flying-scotsman-gone-past-150×150.jpg” width=”150″>

    The Flying Scotsman has gone past

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