Steam on a Winter's day

[pixelpimp]

The fantastic Tornado coming through Biggleswade on Saturday morning.

[DIW35]

Cold weather always helps when taking photos of steam. Great photos, especially like the last one.

Waiting for the day when Tornado makes a trip to my neck of the woods, make a change from the usual steamers we see.

[Bernie-the-bolt]

Lovely selection of photo's and I'd love to see the machine in motion at some stage.

[Beyond Rational]

I like the third one, (not the desaturation effect though) it looks like a drag race

[wetny]

Fantastic shots. Looks great against the clear blue sky. Here are some from York over Christmas.

[Kermit power]

pixelpimp said:

The fantastic Tornado coming through Biggleswade on Saturday morning.

It appears to be called "The Talisman" according to the name plate on the front? Is "Tornado" the engine type or something?

[Red Firecracker]

'Tornado' is the name of the locomotive, 'The Talisman' is/was the name of the train.

Many trains were/are named, such as The Golden Arrow, The Cheltenham Express, The Night Mail. They were/are pulled by locomotives which may be named themselves. The obvious 'anomaly' is the Flying Scotsman which is both the name of a locomotive and the name of a train.

Edited by Red Firecracker on Monday 9th February 10:32

[Kermit power]

Thanks for the clarification!