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Passing from Thornton to Cadder Yard Friday 3rd September.

LNER K4 Class 2-6-0 61994 "The Great Marquess"

Friday 3 September
Thornton               14:09
Redford Jct            14:23
Kirkcaldy               14:33
Inverkeithing UPL a 14:52
                             d 15:00
Then on over the bridge to Dalmeny

Should be stopped in the sidings at Inverkeithing for about 10 mins best views usually on the B981 Inverkeithing to Crossgates road
small lay-by just over the railway bridge for parking., depends on where it stops.

Won't be able to make it myself Uncle TESCO wants me to work!

David BOATH

["The Great Marquess" LNER K4 Class 2-6-0 No 61994]

Hi all just a quick update on this weekends "The Forth Circle" Excursion times.

"The Great Marquess" LNER K4 Class 2-6-0 No 61994

All times are as taken today and obviously may be subject to change.
I will only put in the Fife part of the Journey

MORNING 22nd Aug
Inverkeithing               09:59
Kirkcaldy                      10:17
Glenrothes                  10:26
Cowdenbeath             10:42
Townhill  arrive           10:48
               depart         11:28
Dunfermline                11:34   
Longannet SB             11:57


AFTERNOON 22nd Aug
Inverkeithing  arrive   15:02
                       depart  15:04
Kirkcaldy                      15:21
Redford Junction         15:30
Cowdenbeath             15:44
Townhill   arrive           15:51
                depart         16:31
Dunfermline                 16:36
Longannet  SB             17:00


At the end of the AFTERNOON trip it is due to come back to Inverkeithing to sort out coaches Etc.
Inverkeithing  arrive    18:52  from Dalmeny
                       depart   19:36 for Dalmeny

Forecast for Sunday at the moment is showers.

Hope this is some help to you all, especially in view of next seasons Carnegie Trust Competition " Railways in Fife - Past and Present.

See you all by the trackside.

David BOATH

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/

These two posts of mine do not indicate that I am against the proposal to move premises, nor do they indicate that I am entirely in favour, take them as information.   My days of active photography are coming to an end, my cameras are now gathering dust.   However I still enjoy my meetings at the club and hope to continue to do so for some time yet.
Tom Scott

Ran out of space.  To continue.   My first club in Fife was the Rosyth & District Camera Club which met in the church hall, I joined in the early or mid fifties.  I then joined DPA in 1956 but continued membership at Rosyth for a time.  The Rosyth club folded in 1964 and a few members joined DPA.   This is just to illustrate that there has been a club in Rosyth.
It saddens me that DPA is about to meet outwith the city boundaries but we have a largely new faction in the club with fresh ideas which I must bow to.  There is a danger that a move of this distance will embrace a different catchment area so we can expect to lose a few mambers and gain a few.
A question or two:
How secure is our tenure?  RCSC has a regular turn over of management and a new administration could make changes.   The duration of the contract is not mentioned in the minutes but I note there is a termination clause which could put us out after a month's notice.
Have the members who do not have internet/ email access been informed?

Tom Scott

The DPA has survived many moves of meeting place in the eighty-four years of its existence.   A bit of history.   In 1926 the DPA met at 77 Queen Anne Street but as there was no provision for a darkroom the next year a move was made to Pilmuir Hall until outbreak of war in 1939 when the Hall was requisitioned for military purposes.
!945, DPA formed an association with the Naturalists Society and shared premises in Abbott House.   In 1965 the first retoration of Abbott House was undertaken and we moved to a condemned house at 156 Chalmers Street where we removed the wall between the two rooms to form a meeting hall and also had a kitchen/darkroom.
This house became due for demolition and in 1967 we obtained rooms in Bruce Street Hall with once again a kitchen/darkroom.  Up to this time we enjoyed 24/7 access to the premises and were sole occupants.   In 1975 Bruce Street Hall was burnt.   We moved to the Music Centre at Carnegie Hall for a short time before obtaining accommodation in Dell Farquarson Centre, first in the small hall upstairs, unfortunately without wheelchair access, and as now the main hall.   The club with stood these changes and went from strength to strength.
Tom Scott   I will continue in another post.

the times for the trains this sunday the 18th are here,

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t10/t0418b.htm

it says that times are still provisional though!

I was left completely gobsmacked on Tuesday evening.  Eileen and I had no idea that the Club was aware that it was our Diamond Wedding last Saturday.   I know I did not respond well when the generous gift was handed over and did not adequately express our thanks for it, but rest assured we are very grateful and thank the council and members most sincerely.
Tom & Eileen Scott

Took me a minute to find this feature again as it's not quite the same as the full version of Photoshop. However Elements 8 does has a very much slimmed down version of combining multiple photos by picking the bits of each photo that are best exposed.

This video shows its usage.

http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/explore/seehow/photomerge_exposure/modal.html?width=904&height=547

Basically open your multiple images as normal so they are in the project bin window, then select File --> New --> PhotoMerge Exposure. It pretty much does the rest for you from there.

Bill

Although we are not quite finished the 2009 - 2010 Syllabus if it is of any help to you all for the Carnagie Trust Railways of Fife Past and Present in the next syllabus. the following should link you to Steam Train movements for this year (2010).
www.uksteam.info

On the site you will be able to see planned Loco movements and also tours.

The main excursions that are coming up soon are :-

Tue 13th April - THE GREAT BRITAIN III which should be coming down through Fife from Perth via Ladybank times and route not yet finalised.

Sun 18th April THE FORTH CIRCLE which will come over the Forth Bridge  - Kirkcaldy - Dunfermline via Cowdenbeath - Alloa and is scheduled to do this twice on that day again times not yet finalised

Sun 22nd August The Forth Circle as above.

Loco Movements Scheduled -
 
The Great Marquess Sat 4th April Thornton - Edinburgh
Thornton 12:36 - 12:51
Redford Jct 13:24
Cowdenbeath 13:40
Dunfermline Town 13:51
Longannet 14:30
Alloa 14:57

Union of South Africa Tuesday 6th April
Inverkeithing 19:27
Cowdenbeath 19:49
Thornton 20:05

Sunday 12th April
Sherwood Forrster and Union of South Africa

Dundee 18:34  - Sherwood Forrester only
Leuchars 18:50
Ladybank 19:04
Thornton a1924
Thornton d2037 - Sherwood Forrester and Union of South Africa
Cowdenbeath 21:05
Dunfermline 21:14
Inverkeithing: 21:20


ll the above are times as published at the moment and subject to change the web site updates regularly and shows info throughout the UK none of these trains stop at the stations mentioned and go through most stations at a fair lick of speed.

Hope this is of some help to you all.
David B