lostwin(m)
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11/07/86. 37414 hacks through the undergrowth in its approach to Dingwall, whilst working the 17.10 Kyle - Inverness.
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lostwin(m)
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23/10/86. Now I could speculate around what is going on in this fairly ramshackle operation at Kirkcaldy, but I'm sure that there are others on here better placed to do so. Looks a nice scene to re-create in modelled form though. 26010 shunts in the background.
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lostwin(m)
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23/10/86. A nice little scene around Inverness depot, carriage works and main box. 26043 is the loco stabled.
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lostwin(m)
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24/10/86. 37407 picks its way through Dumbarton Central in charge of a mixed freight.
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Sun Chariot
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Yes, seating-sleeper-Motorail facilities on that service.
lostwin(m)
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22/12/86. Perhaps indicative of the condition of much of the infrastructure in this decade - I'm not sure the station has been cleaned since the days of steam. 33025 is at Salisbury working the 12.10 Cardiff - Portsmouth.
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lostwin(m)
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04/11/86. Low winter sunlight catching the silver roofed 33027 gives it a slightly etherial edge as it enters the gloom of Southampton station.
lostwin(m)
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I guess in my mind, I split my photographs into general stylistic buckets of 'conventional', 'creative' and 'progressive'. I'm starting to think that I might need a new bucket that I'll call 'avant garde', but you might prefer 'bonkers"! Now is probably as good a time as any....
18/10/86. A mighty 50 second exposure at Birmingham New Street picks up the light trail of a passing EMU.
18/10/86. A mighty 50 second exposure at Birmingham New Street picks up the light trail of a passing EMU.
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lostwin(m)
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04/11/86. Taken from my usual position at the front carriage window, 33027 is upfront with the 10.10 Portsmouth - Swansea.
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lostwin(m)
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28/12/86. From the top of the cliffs overlooking the Warren and with Folkestone in the background, the light trail traces the route of the passing train below.
lostwin(m)
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...and this time looking out to sea, with the lights from ferries and fishing boats dotting the Channel. You might recognise the bridge from earlier photos.
lostwin(m)
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21/10/86. Night photography and it's extended exposure times does open up options. Here, by holding the camera still until the last moments, creates the effect.
47701 is at Glasgow Queen St.
47701 is at Glasgow Queen St.
lostwin(m)
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On the same night, now behind the p/p 47, Eastfield depot is captured whilst on the move.
lostwin(m)
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31/10/86. A similar attempt as at BNS, this time at Waterloo.
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Sun Chariot
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The background light cluster of Folkestone, gives wonderful balance to this shot.
It's a popular style on RailPictues.net. I've spent many hours on that 'Amercian railroad biased' website, utterly absorbed.
Peter Sarf
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The reflections of the wet platforms. Really sums up those grim pre-1960s B&W pictures. The use of the glow reflected of the platforms really adds to the night time shots. I did a few hand held or braced against a post shots some while back, wonder where they are. Was a good way of getting contrast and depth of field by avoiding a wide open aperture on a dark day, in a train shed or at night.
lostwin(m)
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Just had a quick glance of that site for the first time and there looks to be some stunning images, puts my humble efforts into perspective. I'll enjoy taking a deeper dive later, thanks for the heads up.
lostwin(m)
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Yes, wet platforms work especially well with night shots and can also add contrast and texture to a B&W images at any time. As you will have seen from some of the shots I have posted, if there was a just even a puddle, I would be there trying to incorporate it into the image!
Sun Chariot
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I somehow missed the batch of photos you posted that day. This evocative shot is of a Swindon built class 120, rather than a Metro Cammell 101.
Those Swindon units I only snared once: at Queen Street in summer 1988. I didn't get to ride any; but I travelled on their southerly cousins - the Gloucester C&W Works class 119. A sumptuous ride in their declassified first seating!
Sun Chariot
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Glad it appeals; yes, there are some truly stunning images on RailPictues.net.
It's what inspired me to cross the Rockies across Colorado and New Mexico, back in 2009, aboard the magnificent Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. It's a fully restored steam narrow gauge, formerly operated by the Denver & Rio Grande.
lostwin(m)
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Thanks, corrections and clarifications are always welcome - it usually happens where I have made an assumption or guess from my notes at the time. I thought I was safe with that one as it was so far away - the grain must have been the size of golf balls when you zoomed in!. I'll edit the original post to correct, so future generations will not be misled
What a fantastic sounding trip!
lostwin(m)
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The few odds and ends remaining from around the West Midlands;
18/10/86. Another night time effort at New Street. 86209 is in charge of the 21.40 Euston - Wolverhampton service and fortunately paused long enough for me to have the shutter open for 45 seconds.
18/10/86. Another night time effort at New Street. 86209 is in charge of the 21.40 Euston - Wolverhampton service and fortunately paused long enough for me to have the shutter open for 45 seconds.
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lostwin(m)
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27/04/86. Alongside the Birmingham Canal (BCN), somewhere near Smethwick, 31414 heads a 5 coach train towards Birmingham. Not sure what this working would be, possibly an ECS?
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lostwin(m)
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12/04/85. 87101 is attached to head the 11.40 Poole - Manchester. The ETH 47 at the far end of the platform will have been removed after bringing the train into Birmingham.
lostwin(m)
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12/04/85. On the same day, but at the lesser photographed Moor St station.
lostwin(m)
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27/04/86. 86257 at Sandwell & Dudley. Sometimes I just could't help myself...
Gloster
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Just the Birmingham Canal, I presume. You wouldn’t get very big ships under that bridge!
lostwin(m)
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aye, fair point!
Peter Sarf
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Ten years earlier I would have been there - well mainly at the other end of New Street.
eastwestdivide
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Possibly ECS for a Birmingham/Norwich service? They were 31/4 and early Mk2s before sprinterisation
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