Header Challenge - 02-05-12 - Public Transport by iMac

Welcome back my Friends to the 

Header Challenge 

This weeks theme - by iMac(me) is

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

(Blasts from the Past)

My Music is Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas - singing 

Trains-Boats and Planes.

My Header is Planes - The Concorde.

1st flight 2nd March 1969.

Introduction 21st January 1976

Retired 26th November 2003

My Header Concorde is stationed at Duxford.

Boats = The Cutty Sark

This is the Cutty Sark - just finishing off the rebuild after the fire.

Reopened by the Queen 25th April 2012.

Cutty Sark and her history.

1870 - 78 = China Tea Years

1878 - 83 = Tramping for cargoes

1883 - 95 = The australian wool  Years

1895 - 1922 = The portuguese Years

1922 = moved from Falmouth to her resting place at Greenwich.

Trains = Sir nigel Gresley.

Relaunched as Sir Nigel Gresley 30th October 1937.

1966-1990 gained her current B.R. Blue as 60007and retained the same after

the 2006 overhaul.

Photo taken at Grosmont Sheds just before release in 2006

by Stewart Mackinder.

These are by Blasts from the Past

Trains - Boats and Planes

(as sung by B.J.Kramer)

for our Header Challenge of

PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

Please visit the other Headbangers - on my side bar (near my shield)

To their take on our Header Challenge theme.

We need 2 more HeadBangers.

Are you wanting Fun and Friendship with your Photography.

Can you spare about 1-2 hours per week??

Then join the Headbangers.

We are needing 2 more players.

IF SO

Contact anyone of us Please.....

Good Luck.