The Runner Up by onewing

The Runner Up

Yesterday I posted the winning train in the Great Train Race at Maitland Steamfest. Here we have the second place train in the race.

I didn't have chance to take photos of the third and fourth place trains, because after visiting the Maitland Steamfest for several years we finally decided to go on one of the excursions and this was the train that we went on.

The excursion was from Maitland to Broadmeadow and then around the Carrington Coal Terminal of Port Waratah Coal Services. A very pleasant journey of about two and half hours.

Thanks to everyone who commented and fav'd yesterday's photo of The Garratt, it was a fabulous race.
Lovely composition, Babs.
April 12th, 2016  
Fantastic shot. Lovely composition.
April 12th, 2016  
A great shot and beautiful composition of this lovely old train -- so nostalgic !! fav
April 12th, 2016  
great composition. Must have been a fantastic excursion
April 12th, 2016  
Great train capture! What a fun trip.
April 12th, 2016  
What a lovely way to spend a relaxing couple of hours :)
April 12th, 2016  
...love the sound they make...awesome
April 12th, 2016  
FAVtastic capture :)
April 12th, 2016  
Excellent shot.
April 12th, 2016  
Lovely comp on this shot!
April 12th, 2016  
Lovely composition, I love the shape of this engine.
April 12th, 2016  
Wonderful! :)
April 12th, 2016  
Super capture. These old stream trains are really beautiful.
April 12th, 2016  
Great capture, composition
April 12th, 2016  
There is something special about a steam train. Lovely capture.
April 12th, 2016  
Nice comp and capture
April 12th, 2016  
Another super capture
April 12th, 2016  
Sounds a fun trip. Love the steam from the loco.......its nice tosee themin use
April 12th, 2016  
love these steam engines...
April 12th, 2016  
Beautiful old engine. Lovely POV
April 12th, 2016  
Great looking train
April 12th, 2016  
A marvellous capture of this steam train
April 12th, 2016  
Another superb image, great point of view, detail and colour Babs:)
April 12th, 2016  
Sounds like such a great day out, glad you got to ride on the train that you photographed.
April 13th, 2016  
Love this shot A FAV
April 13th, 2016  
There is something special about these old locomotives! Nice shot Babs!
April 13th, 2016  
This one really would fit in with Thomas's friends. This is a beautiful engine. Fav!
April 13th, 2016  
Fine looking train. Sounds like a fun ride.
April 13th, 2016  
Did you get any photos of the Tiger Moths? (actually my son asked that when I told him the story). I love going for rides on a team train.
April 13th, 2016  
I like this one better!
April 13th, 2016  
@888rachel I got a couple of shots of the Tiger Moths but they were a bit blurred. there was a lot going on all at the same time and I wanted to get the photos of the trains. The Tiger Moths weren't so easy to get because the helicopters from the tv stations were filming the scene too and I thought at one point one of the helicopters was going to hit one of the tiger moths. That would have been a picture wouldn't it. Plus also not much room for me at the end of the platform to manoeuvre either.
April 13th, 2016  
I definitely gave to remember about this weekend. Do they have a Facebook page? Something for next year to go to!
April 13th, 2016  
@365projectorgjenfurj It is a great event maybe see you there next year.
facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/huntervalleysteamfest
April 13th, 2016  
April 13th, 2016  
Awesome shot of the train.The red really pops and love the green engine.
April 14th, 2016  
I'll have to find out when it's on next year. I'd love to do an excursion. Great shot.
April 15th, 2016  
That's a fabulous photo of a fabulous train. Fav.
April 15th, 2016  
What great looking engines. This one is my Fav.
April 15th, 2016  
Nice shot - the old engines are so interesting to look at!
April 20th, 2016  
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