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I bought a Panasonic DMC-Fz20 bridge camera a week ago now and I have noticed that on some photos bright white areas come out pink - but this only happens on ISO 80 and ISO 100, and I have found that if I decrease the exposure value a little, I can get around it. If I use ISO 200 or ISO 400, the...

I'll start it off; this shot, of a single aspect signal at Dalmuir (YY 599), always displaying a danger aspect, at the Terminus of platform 5, as if to say 'stop here'... ...What exactly is the train going to do, try and crash through the buffer stop?! That signal has to be utterly pointless...

Lately there seems to be occurances of 334s on the Cathcart, Newton and Neilston lines becoming more popular. Consequently, 314s on the Gourock/Wemyss Bay lines are now becoming very popular, not just in the evenings now but through the day as well! Two or more years ago, it seemed to me...

In reality, I understand that it's virtually impossible/impractical for the 'big trains' to leave a station on full power as they would have a lot of wheelslip, however, I am aware that it is possible to do so on multiple units, so long as the area is not of poor adhesion. But how many drivers...

Since late 2007 and increasingly since mid 2008 when my trainspotting hobby lifted off, I have been using a digital camera to store memories of my life as time progresses, places I travel, things I see, trains and buses etc through photographs and video. Already I have a pretty impressive stack...

okay here's a bit of an odd question. On all Glasgow class 314s if you sit at the front near the drivers cab a rather loud AC hum can be heard from underneath the floor, particularly when they crank it into notch 4. Personally I love this sound; but I don't know of any other trains that do it...

Railway signalling fascinates me, but one thing that has always made me curious is why certain aspect signals are used. I have a theory, but I don't know if it is correct... From what I can tell, four aspect signals are quite often close together, which is understandable given they are...

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Ive been photting/spotting for about a year now and much to my embarassment I only have one photo of a HST :oops: Admittedly up until recently the only thing that interested me was multiple units, however lately I've decided to broaden my horizons a bit. Since Grand Central HSTs still use...

Ive decided to forgo the idea of getting an iPhone and since my current camera takes perfectly adequate pictures (I don't have the money for an SLR and would rather not have to carry one around) I have decided to instead buy an actual video camera, then I will have a good camera for photographs...

I haven't seen anything posted regarding this already so I just want to ask, what are the ACTUAL timings of the 40145 on Saturday going from Carlisle to Inverness I believe. My closest station (which still isn't even close but oh well) is Crossmyloof to see it but I read its either really...

...It can receive messages from the future! :lol:

A few months ago my 'main' camera's battery conked out on me and it isn't really economical viable to replace it, nor could I be arsed. I've since been borrowing an older even less 'sophisticated' camera from my parents, and while the pics are technically of a lower quality I quite like how the...

Ladies and gentleman I'd like to have a little tribute in this here forum to our fantastic Virgin quality. Auguste Picard clears her throat in Glasgow Central Then she really lets rip And finally, the aftermath The concourse was polluted for a good while after. And there we...

First off, no, this is not a joke. While I would love to have one of those fancy DSLR cameras that takes amazing photos, wakes you up in the morning and serves you breakfast, I don't have that kind of money. I also could do with a new phone, I love my iPod touch, and need a new camera. An...

Have any tails of friendly train drivers? Yesterday at Paisley Canal I nervously asked the driver if I could get a cab picture of the 156 and he was more than happy to let me. Then when we arrived at Glasgow Central he took me into the cab again and showed me what everything does. I was...

I downloaded Milngavie to Springburn for bve2 (way better framerates than bve4 I am pleased to announce) but the only 314, 318 and 334's I could find are 'passenger view' which are no use? Every time I google for a proper one of those trains every link seems to be dead, forum posts gone, it...

Hi, first time post here, a few questions. I use BVE 4 and mainly run the Network West Midlands Routes and a few others. First question: Sometimes when I am driving along, usually quite fast, I'll hear a beeping sound (the one you press DEL to override). What is that and why does it beep? It...