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Probably 2004 or 2005That's can't have been taken any later than around 2009...
Probably 2004 or 2005That's can't have been taken any later than around 2009...
Probably 2004 or 2005
Excellent shot. Picture postcard puzzle box quality. I like that a lot.LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley in blue livery leaving Hereford station yesterday
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.... Nice scene and great to see Sir Nigel back in blue!LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley in blue livery leaving Hereford station yesterday
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Thanks, I used my Panny G7 for this oneexcellent shot. Picture postcard puzzle box quality. I like that a lot.
Very well done. Some great shots there and an excellent story to accompany them. Thanks for sharing.Lots of amazing photos here and I particularly love the variety. I was wanting to see the APT-P at the Crewe heritage centre but I think when I was looking to go it was unfortunately closed at the time but will hopefully see it at some point.
I was waiting for an exceptionally unusual visit and captured the 66 powering up the hill out of Inverness on the daily Tesco train, quite like being able to see the heat haze off it and a different angle from where I normally take them:
We had a pair of Colas 37s with 37116 and 37421 up with the Ultrasonic Measuring Train but when they'd tried to start them up at the top of the Far North Line, 116 suffered a failure and the next day 421 run around the train and hailed the train back to Inverness then ditched 116 and headed on south with the UMT. Another loco was sent up to take 116 back home and I was thinking maybe a 37 or 70 but hopefully another 56 however I never guessed it would be this:
This class has barely ever come this far north so it was very welcome, I completely fluffed the shot of them leaving as I'd planned to head home and swap to a shorter lens but realised when the 50 had immediately coupled to the 37 that it wasn't waiting before it left:
Today it was another unusual visitor with 37425 which is one of the DRS 37's in Regional Railways livery, it had been up a few years ago in its DRS livery but never since in this livery which none others currently have. With DRS winding down their 37s I've been keen to see it so another nice surprise it came up on a route learner, mucked up these shots a bit as I couldn't get to the spot I wanted (there was a warning from the forestry commission to be aware of shooting?!) and had planned to mainly use the drone which had misbehaved but will have another go when it heads north on Monday:
Very nice photos, they work really well in b&w. I’m struggling to pick a favourite.A few of my own, mainly taken on the East Lancs Railway. All quite old as I've not done much photography on there for about ten years now.
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Very nice. I like that.Taken yesterday - Bahamas haulng the Atlantic Coast Express on its return journey to London via Bristol.
Bahamas by John Liddle, on Flickr
There are loads of places, really depends what you want photographically and if you are prepared to walk through some fields?A bit of a last minute request...
I'm up in Yorkshire and fancy photographing 4472 (or whatever the BR equivelent was...) at the keighley and worth valley railway this weekend.
Can anyone recoment a good "spot" that we can park up and see the loco on its travels this weekend?
Cheers
There are loads of places, really depends what you want photographically and if you are prepared to walk through some fields?
They are expecting it to be very busy and are asking people to avoid the stations unless you have tickets to travel, apart from Oakworth, where flying scotsman won't be stopping, so end of platform at Oakworth might be a good spot, or near the level crossing as it passes. There is a small car park there and parking on the road near the station.
There is also a public footpath from haworth to Oxenhope that provides opportunities both sides of the line to photograph the trains. As well as the foot bridge at haworth Station (very busy) there is a cobbled road down the side of Keighley Station with parking and a footpath on the corner leading up the hill so you can see the trains working hard as they leave Keighley.
I expect there will be hundreds of photographers out and about so you should be able to follow the crowd. I expect i will be down there at some point this weekend.
It’s a view I know very well. I’ve lived at various locations al No the DLR route. Quite shocking to see how many skyscrapers are by the Millennium Dome now. Used to be such a wasteland.
They are fantastic.Well, we managed it, but I couldn't find a way to get to the other side of the viaduct which would have been much better for the sun. Some kind residant let us through their back gate to get to this spot, but it would have meant climbing a small fence/gate under the viaduct to get to the other side and I am not sure if that would have been trespassing?
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Excellent shot, plus nice weather too.Azuma at Peterborough
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It’s a view I know very well. I’ve lived at various locations al No the DLR route. Quite shocking to see how many skyscrapers are by the Millennium Dome now. Used to be such a wasteland.
.... Great picture capturing the pier atmosphere perfectly.The little train at Southend Pier. A godsend for those who can't manage the 1.33 mile walk to the end.
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I used to live very close to Westferry DLR station. The Docklands area is now utterly blighted by rampant overdevelopment. Depressing. And given that most of those corporate jobs will be replaced by AI in just a few years, it'll yet again become another wasteland.Yeah, I know what you mean, they've all gone up in a relatively short space of time too.
Between 2009 and 2012 I had reason to visit the Blackwall area of the docklands on an almost weekly basis so know the area well, I've only recently visited a couple of times after an almost 10 year break and parts of the docklands have changed beyond recognition in places.
Very nice, I really like the post processing on those, it works really well.A few more from me. This time our trip to Whitby last weekend on the NYMR. I am not one for Diesels (or electric) but with a line side fire all Steam had been taken off the route.
These were as we changed Locos at Grosmont. Not sure why we had to do it, but at least it gave me an opportunity to use my Laowa 12mm (full frame 12mm!) which i love.
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Might see if there is any mainline steam around me this weekend. Is there a good site to check? There used to be one up until a few years ago but I think the chap who ran it either stopped updating it or passed away.