On 30 Mar 2009, at 19:53, Brian wrote:

>  As we were about to leave Hardwick Lock I spotted a steam  
> locomotive sitting stationary on the lines just by the bridge and  
> she was making steam, I took a couple of photos hoping to get one  
> of her steaming by as we moved up the canal, when did she decide to  
> go by, just as I entered Bourton Lock, I scrambled up but the  
> bushes ruined the shot, a few minutes earlier and it would have  
> been open track.

Big green engine with brassy bits?  Probably Castle Class 5043 making  
passage from Didcot to Tyseley:

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/lem09.htm#twk

Baz
[Just back from a fine couple of days pottering on the K&A]


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