Durham with Duke of Gloucester
23 April 2005
Stephen's delayed birthday train trip to Durham was with Steam Dreams
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Our diesel locomotive Dionysus took us from Finsbury Park to York. Here
at York, a crowd of people waits for the diesel to be taken off and replaced
with our steam locomotive to take us on to Durham
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More crowds watch 71000 Duke of Gloucester reverse onto the head of the
train
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At Durham, after some lunch we visited the Cathedral. Here a view north, with
the castle sitting in the middle of the peninsula created by a loop of the River
Wear
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From the top of the tower, one of the weirs on the Wear
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Looking east across the city
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Lucy in the Cloisters
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A GNER train crosses the viaduct heading north
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Lucy outside the cathedral
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The cathedral towering over the river
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Jesus Mill and weir, and Prebends Bridge
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Back at Durham station, and Duke of Gloucester brings our train from
Newcastle
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Duke at York, waiting to be taken off and replaced with a diesel for the
run back to Finsbury Park
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Duke of Gloucester after being removed from our train waits at another
platform
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