steam train to pass through Harringay today (Sat 7th Feb) at 1.15pm (ish)

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Permalink Reply by Adam on February 7, 2009 at 18:10

alistair, did you get any good pictures?

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Permalink Reply by alistairj on February 7, 2009 at 19:26

I went for the video option to get the full sound effects...!


You might be able to recognise Matt, John and Adam at the end of the platform towards the end.... (though you might need to click on the video and choose the 'higher quality' version on the youtube site in order to see them more clearly)

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Permalink Reply by Liz on February 7, 2009 at 20:30

great work AJ as ever!
Thanks to everyone that provided photos and video of this. For a poor little trainspotter like me laid up at home with a sore throat, these were a treat.

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on February 7, 2009 at 20:27

Thanks Alistair.. I just took a look on google and you're right of course.. I should have looked before writing. - What surprises me is that the area doesn't looked used at all.. and as others have said.. kids (both large and small) are still interested in trains.. what a shame.. Also the area behind that's now used to store refuse? used to be tennis courts..

What I remember was so special about the platform was that trains passed by at speed northbound, although the southbound expresses were already slowing down for KX, because from here it was downhill all the way..

It was fitted out with a KX timetable board and a notice 'Trains pass here 5 minutes after leaving KX'.

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Permalink Reply by AnnieH on February 7, 2009 at 16:37

The Talisman didn't stop at Finsbury Park, but we did manage to film it going through on
Platform 1 (apologies for the lense flare!)

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Permalink Reply by AnnieH on February 7, 2009 at 16:43

More footage of the train's arrival at Kings Cross here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7876162.stm

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Permalink Reply by Nigel Lupton (luptonn) on February 7, 2009 at 17:25

Of course, further up the line it had to pass through snow covered fields:
http://flickr.com/photos/bellaclaire/3259767127/

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on February 7, 2009 at 17:35

Well done guys. Thanks for the shots.

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Permalink Reply by AnnieH on February 7, 2009 at 17:55

A HoL team effort on this one. If Adam hadn't posted the story we would never have known about the train passing so close to home. I'm really glad we got to see it.

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Permalink Reply by Joe on February 7, 2009 at 19:15

Ah...a steam train goes through Haringey and Harringay, Ireland beat France in Croke Park and I have a bottle of red open (merci for both soeur France)....all is well with the world tonight.

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