A day at Carnforth - 09/06/14

[Tim R-T-C]

So I went to the West Coast with the intention of bagging Heysham Port station, but ended up staying at Carnforth all day as there were a few interesting movements I didn't want to miss.

A few highlights below in the very variable weather, the full set is up at - Carnforth railway gallery - beware it is 350 and 390 heavy!

Some shots of the parts donors in the WCRC yards to follow.


The X-Men Train 390155 by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


66428 on a departmental run by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


390152 races through the rain to London by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


60011 passes Carnforth light engine by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


66508 with a train of empties for Hunterston by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


Colas Rail 66847 passing Carnforth by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


153317 leads an unusual formation by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


156480 passes the old Carnforth signal box by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


325008 leads 011 and 005 for Warrington by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


350407 with a Manchester to Glasgow train by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


86612 leads 86613 on a Coatbridge to Crewe freight by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


37612 enters Carnforth station on a flash train by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


350408 heading for Edinburgh by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr

 

[455driver]

Rain a bit did it?

Nice pictures though, I do like the way rain streaks off a fast moving train.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Yes it was a little damp, although fortunately I managed to stay under cover during the heavy showers. I did get rather wet taking a walk around to the WCRC depot and getting some shots of their collection of spare parts locomotives and coaches.

A few of the coaches are unidentified, if anyone knows what they are, I would appreciate this.

The full gallery is here - Carnforth WCRC depot photos

A few highlights:


33030 stored at Carnforth by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


A Mark 1 sleeper car by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


Parts donor 47236 at the WCRC Carnforth depot by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


47368 at Carnforth WCRC depot by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr


47194 at Carnforth WCRC depot by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr

 

[Condor7]

I enjoyed those at Carnforth.
Nice to see the mix of freight and passenger.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

I have added a few more scrap coaches to the mix, taken on a more recent trip from Carnforth to Lancaster. There are more in the gallery, but if anyone can help ID these, it would be helpful.

 

[Alistair G.]

Some excellent photos mate!, especially considering the speed they go through carnforth at.mdo you mid if I ask what camera, lens and ISO setting you used to take those of the freights and 350/4's

 

[crewmeal]

Agreed excellent photos. You'd think they would have a clear out and scrap the non useful stock and tidy up the place ready for a voyager

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Some excellent photos mate!, especially considering the speed they go through carnforth at.mdo you mid if I ask what camera, lens and ISO setting you used to take those of the freights and 350/4's

Thanks. Its a Nikon D600 with the stock 24-70mm FX lens. I usually set the ISO to auto and just play with the shutter speed, it is typically 1/2000 for the fastest trains. If you click through the image to Flickr and look at the Exif data at the bottom of the page it will give you the full info for each image.

High speed photography is my forté as I do a lot of motorsports photography as well and photographing dragsters at 300mph make even the fastest British trains seem sedate.