Summer Scunthorpe Steeler tour No16 - 18th August 2018

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All Our Yesterdays... a steelworks railtour in 1986 (the year before the public trips began) started from the bay platform at Scunthorpe station - now there's an idea, Alan.<br>[&copy; Tom Gilby 2018]	The Heavy Repair Bay.<br>[© Chris Ziemer 2018]	The Corus Rail Sidings.<br>[© Chris Ziemer 2018]	The approach to the Rail Delivery Lines.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	Trent Low Level Sidings.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	Redbourn Semi-Finished lines (the far end of Line C2 - in the middle - was reached). Note a train of iron ore is on the Foreign Ore Branch top left.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	Beneath the blast furnaces - 'Mary' and 'Bess' (but no swearing now)...<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]
Running alongside the four blast furnaces (they are off picture right).<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	Ascending to the High Lines (off right).<br>[© Chris Ziemer 2018]	The view at the top of the High Lines.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	The Heavy Repair Bay again.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	'Norwegian' Di8 8.708 is about to couple up to the tour for a loop of the steelworks.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	Inside the Torpedo Repair Bay.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	"I think you had better stop there..." Outside this building (top right) this well buried stub end siding actually continues left of the yellow box ahead.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]
A view of the Blast Furnaces.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]	The two new crossovers near Bridge 44 on the Outer Perimeter which were covered twice.<br>[&copy; Chris Ziemer 2018]