tarboat's photos with the keyword: tarboat

Two Flickrites capture an empty iron ore train heading away from the steel town of Whyalla towards the mine at Iron Duke in South Australia.

A bit of history from 1977. Tarboat used to be young, and capable of turning somersaults at the tiller of the tarboat. I suspect that if I tried this today I would end up falling in the cut. Photo taken by the future Mrs Tarboat from the fore end of the butty which can be seen to be under tow using cross-straps. We were heading for the Thames via the Oxford Canal and I think this was taken somewhere towards Thrupp. The chimney extension is a piece of history too, having been made from an empty Party Four can.

Flat caps are prominent as 'Spey No.88' passes the Anderton boatlift on the Trent & Mersey Canal with two dodgy characters on the counter. The exhaust from the Bolinder engine provides the obligatory blue haze over proceedings. The paint job is new and thanks to Tony Lewery who came out of retirement to make the old girl look good again. He last painted the Spey in 1976.