It’s always interesting to dip into the archives – those boxes of slides that haven’t seen the light of day – or projector – for several years. I’d almost forgotten this trip – a two day outing, in late May 1996, which took us slowly down to Dover, for an overnight stay followed by an early(ish) crossing for a survey of railway activity in the Calais area. Mainline electric (mostly) and preserved steam in southern England, diesel and electric (ancient and modern…) in France. Visit Geoff’s Rail Diaries for A Trip to France
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Hi Geoff – thanks for linking to it, that was an interesting and some lovely photos to go with it. I’m sure you’ll be glad to know the Eurostar will soon be going a lot faster now than it did back in 1996 – though if it will make photography trickier!