Railway odds and ends...

[dpc]

Two takes on the same picture.

 

[dpc]

B&W version of previous post

 

[candyman]

B&W version of previous post

I like this one in B&W.
very nice dpc!

 

[frazoulaswak]

Four of my favourite shots of steam locomotives taken during 2014. From the top (if I've got it right...) they are: -
1. Ex-GER B12 class 4-6-0 no. 61752 with LNER teak stock at the North Norfolk Railway, 10th November 2014.
2. Ex-SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 no. 34067 Tangmere at Hewish, 7th September 2014.
3. Ex-LMS Class 4F 0-6-0 no. 43924 at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway, 15th September 2014.
4. BR(W) Manor Class 4-6-0 no. 7820 Dinmore Manor 'at speed' on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, 2nd April 2014.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, frazoulaswak. Welcome to cr

 

[frazoulaswak]

Very nice series, frazoulaswak. Welcome to cr

Thanks.
Here's one from this year, showing ex-LMS 'Black Five' 4-6-0 nos. 44871 and 45407 crossing the River Irwell at Summerseat on 18th January 2015 duringt the East Lancs Railway Winter Steam Gala.

 

[AcutancePhotography]

There is just something special about steamers. I wish there were more of them in my area.

 

[dpc]

B&W version of previous post

I like this one in B&W.
very nice dpc!

Thanks Candyman, I appreciate it! I think it looks better in black and white.

 

[dpc]

Four of my favourite shots of steam locomotives taken during 2014. From the top (if I've got it right...) they are: -
1. Ex-GER B12 class 4-6-0 no. 61752 with LNER teak stock at the North Norfolk Railway, 10th November 2014.
2. Ex-SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 no. 34067 Tangmere at Hewish, 7th September 2014.
3. Ex-LMS Class 4F 0-6-0 no. 43924 at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway, 15th September 2014.
4. BR(W) Manor Class 4-6-0 no. 7820 Dinmore Manor 'at speed' on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, 2nd April 2014.

I love all your pictures of steam trains, Frazoulaswak. I remember steam locomotives as a very young boy. One of my dad's friends worked in a railway roundhouse and I vaguely remember visiting it. There's nothing but diesel now. 8)

 

[MonkeyB]

Looks like the Coast Starlight in Socal. Nice.

thanks - it's the "coaster" running between san diego and oceanside. fortunately, those surfers and the person on the bench stayed relatively still...

 

[candyman]

Very nice series, frazoulaswak. Welcome to cr

Thanks.
Here's one from this year, showing ex-LMS 'Black Five' 4-6-0 nos. 44871 and 45407 crossing the River Irwell at Summerseat on 18th January 2015 duringt the East Lancs Railway Winter Steam Gala.

Also very nice...across the bridge. Well done

 

[frazoulaswak]

Southern Railway King Arthur Class 4-6-0 No. 777 'Sir Lamiel' blasts through Loughborough's outskirts with an afternoon service to Leicester North on 31st January 2015 during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala.

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, frazoulaswak.

 

[Tinky]

painterly rendition of the steam.

I wonder if there was another in this sequence with the train slightly closer? Great image.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi frazoulaswak.
Very nice shot, I really have to visit there one day, if I recall correctly it is the last place in the UK you can see dual line steam action, i.e. pass by a train going the other way that is not waiting in a siding?
Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Graham.

Southern Railway King Arthur Class 4-6-0 No. 777 'Sir Lamiel' blasts through Loughborough's outskirts with an afternoon service to Leicester North on 31st January 2015 during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala.

 

[frazoulaswak]

Hi frazoulaswak.
Very nice shot, I really have to visit there one day, if I recall correctly it is the last place in the UK you can see dual line steam action, i.e. pass by a train going the other way that is not waiting in a siding?
Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Graham.

Southern Railway King Arthur Class 4-6-0 No. 777 'Sir Lamiel' blasts through Loughborough's outskirts with an afternoon service to Leicester North on 31st January 2015 during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala.

Hi Graham,
You are quite right about the Great Central's double track. No other preserved line in the UK (as yet) has anything like it, and it is the only place where you can regularly see standard gauge steam hauled trains passing each other at speed. Well worth a visit the next time that you are on the mainland, especially so during one of their frequent gala events when they usually schedule four or five trains per hour, consisting of a mixture of both passenger and freight, in each direction.

Cheers,

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi frazoulaswak.
Thank you for the further info, I will try to get there.

Cheers, Graham.

Hi frazoulaswak.
Very nice shot, I really have to visit there one day, if I recall correctly it is the last place in the UK you can see dual line steam action, i.e. pass by a train going the other way that is not waiting in a siding?
Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Graham.

Southern Railway King Arthur Class 4-6-0 No. 777 'Sir Lamiel' blasts through Loughborough's outskirts with an afternoon service to Leicester North on 31st January 2015 during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala.

Hi Graham,
You are quite right about the Great Central's double track. No other preserved line in the UK (as yet) has anything like it, and it is the only place where you can regularly see standard gauge steam hauled trains passing each other at speed. Well worth a visit the next time that you are on the mainland, especially so during one of their frequent gala events when they usually schedule four or five trains per hour, consisting of a mixture of both passenger and freight, in each direction.

Cheers,

 

[Brymills]

It'll buff out....

Like I said on page 3....

 

[dpc]

The Kinsol Trestle on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It is now part of a hiking and riding trail.

 

[dpc]

Shot with a Fujifilm X100 (the original). My brother-in-law wanted to get rid of his and offered to sell it to me at a price I couldn't refuse. It will be good for walking around town, landscapes and such like but useless for wildlife and action. I like the files but I wouldn't trade any of my Canon gear in for it. I hate the menu system and the write speed. I would have preferred a Canon M3 for a general walk-about camera but............