A few train shots

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We went on a little train journey over Easter. A local company [link=[URL]https://www.facebook.com/Barry-Tourist-Railway-196540117115590/?fref=ts]FB[/URL] Link[/link] restore old trains back to their former glory. They have a steam train called Susan there as well as a few others. The electro diesel train that used to run the Gatwick Express is there, as is the carriages. They have an old super long steam train in bits there also. Very interesting guide was showing us the carriage that was adapted to spill white paint over the tracks when there was a fault with the sleepers and we rode in the old converted 'top secret' train that used to do all wonderful things including having a smoke machine to check tunnels!

All these were took with the Pentax K5 and the DA* 16-50mm

1. Driver
Barry Tourist Railways by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

2. Mr Conductor
Barry Tourist Railways by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

3. Restoration
Barry Tourist Railways by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

4. 15
Barry Tourist Railways by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

5. Stop
Barry Tourist Railways by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

6. Coupling
Barry Tourist Railways by Gareth Williams, on Flickr
 
Love this set. Gives a great feel for the day. Thanks for sharing.
 
Lovely set of photos Gareth.

Falling in love with Susan.

Shot of Mr Conductor is intriguing. Did he make it?? Looks tho he was jumping train. Thought provoking shot, and so moody............

Excellent..

Mj
 
Some great shots there, Gareth.

I remember wandering round a very full Dai Woodham's scrapyard as a youngster and have always wondered what became of the place. Is this location part of the old yard?
 
Very much like this set. (y)

Great, not to be the usual ¾ views of the engines but clearly showing much much more about the railway and its characters. Some wonderful compositions and really like the b/w portraits that show real character.

(For those who were wondering, Barry Scrapyard largely utilised land leased cheaply from the British Transport Docks Board and utilised by Woodhams Bros to store and break up the many hundreds of items of rolling stock (not just engines), during the 1960s ,1970s & 1980s. Many survived through to the 1980s and beyond. The steam railway only now runs along part of the perimeter of the area that was once utilised, but incorporates other bits of railway including the storage shed that was in BR hands until much later.

The scale of the place was vast:- http://www.penmorfa.com/Barry/)
https://www.flickr.com/groups/woodhams_barry/pool/
 
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Very much like this set. (y)

Great, not to be the usual ¾ views of the engines but clearly showing much much more about the railway and its characters. Some wonderful compositions and really like the b/w portraits that show real character.

(For those who were wondering, Barry Scrapyard largely utilised land leased cheaply from the British Transport Docks Board and utilised by Woodhams Bros to store and break up the many hundreds of items of rolling stock (not just engines), during the 1960s ,1970s & 1980s. Many survived through to the 1980s and beyond. The steam railway only now runs along part of the perimeter of the area that was once utilised, but incorporates other bits of railway including the storage shed that was in BR hands until much later.

The scale of the place was vast:- http://www.penmorfa.com/Barry/)
https://www.flickr.com/groups/woodhams_barry/pool/
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Good set,Gareth. Love the driver shot. A real old-timer.

Ian..There was a TV documentary in the week about BR/WW2 and the Beeching era etc. and the cameras interviewed the owner of the Barry scrap yard. Fortunately, he was so busy cutting up wagons many of the locos hadn't been started on and were bought up. 135,I think. A great preservation job.
 
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