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On The Beach was an emotional trial to read (in the best way) but I've never re-read it.

Looks like an RTA display not a timeline 😂

The Club Car

If you know, you know.

Having dinner in one of the more unique venues tonight.

Northern to operate one off service on heritage railway A special one-off service has been announced, with Northern and the Weardale Railway teaming up.

Tickets for the service cost £25 in support of two charities – 123 Help 4 Family’s and the Angel Trust. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/01/northern-to-operate-one-off-service-on-heritage-railway.html #class_158 #darlington #northern

Did the two tube related photographers I know just cross paths...?

That's awesome 😁

A few more from Ropley @thewatercressline.bsky.social

The frosty air really making the steam stand out tonight at Ropley @thewatercressline.bsky.social

The Swan Song of the @thewatercressline.bsky.social Steam Illuminations this season with a single Arlesford service on a very frosty night

Then the Alton Train non stopping in the other direction

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Then the Arlesford Train's departure

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A few more with a better microphone (with an actual deadcat) tonight @thewatercressline.bsky.social

First the Arlesford Train's arrival

Little visit to see the Steam Illuminations running on the Watercress Line tonight (we were on board the opening weekend)

Clear night and the wind is a bit bracing!

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It frustrates the heck out of me I have an EV charger and a Home Battery that 10 years ago would have had a set of dry contacts and a bit of wire to communicate so the EV doesn't drain the battery, but now I need to have internet and 2 cloud services and HA (and watch for Auth tokens running out)

I've ended up using HA more as an advanced data logger, a lot of the control systems in the house are 10+ years old and so cloud free (and I like that) but the handful of automations are useful.

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Merry Christmas Luke, thanks for another year of bringing a little joy to the world 🙏

Very cool. I had similar lab techs who let me experiment with historical photo development solutions back in the day even if some components were a bit shall we say a bit spicy.

I only once worked with HF acid though, scary stuff needing much respect.

How cool! Was it a hobby or professional?

Likely a capacitor in the power supply, when they fail they can burst (at least the larger electrolytic ones)

A view from the train along the platform at Tywyn Wharf

Waiting for the first train of the day 🚂

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ALSTON Station 🤦

Darn phone keyboards, I miss my proper Blackberry one.

A canopy roof over two empty platforms at Alstom Station on the South Tyndale Railway

That feeling when you get there in good time for the first train at 10.50

And then find it was 10.30 and you've missed it by 4 minutes 🤦

Still there is lovely cafe at Alstom Station so there are upside while you wait!

I absolutely didn't visit just to get the other side to be complete @signaloftheday.bsky.social

(but it may have been one of the reasons 😂)

On the approach to Lakeside station on Windermere

A4 Sir Nigel Gresley in the Alresford platform

Probably while we were chasing A4s at Alresford and Ropley then!

Did you manage to see Sir Nigel Gresley over on the other half?

Well, actually, the most disturbing thing is silence so the usual technique is to grab a section of background noise and use that - so you were not wrong.

See references to Room Tone

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presenc...

6990 “Witherslack Hall” with a very authoritative departure from Rothley towards Leicester, what a lovely sound 🤓

D123 Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry looking absolutely resplendent today, a credit to the paintwork and preparation 🤓

Looking down the platform towards Leicester at Rothley Station on the Great Central Railway

Looking up the platform towards Loughborough at Rothley Station on the Great Central Railway

It's been a few years but today the Actions finally made it back to the GCR for a days rail riding.

This station has a special place in my heart as my earliest memory of visiting a heritage railway with Senior Gricer. I was both thrilled and then terrified when a safety valve lifted next to us!

If you fancy playing with separation then have you tried recording from the MS capsule raw and mixing down to LR in the mix? This ability is one reason why MS is so popular as you can tweak later...

www.soundonsound.com/techniques/i...

When I'm performance recording I have the H6 central to the stage with the MS capsule and then two boundary mics on the wings - tend to route the MS to the centre channel of the 5.1 mix and the boundaries to the LR. I have a RODE short shotgun at the rear of the room that I mix to surround.