Are you a rail photographer??
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Ghostryder
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anthony
i am interested go for it lol
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ghosty
i am interested go for it lol
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johnchisem
Mr Grumpy
Welcome to the new faces!
Mr Cook, I notice that you photographed in the rain, does this mean that the Australian drought problems reported over here have eased a little? We had bad floods round here recently but most people recovered very quickly. I've tried to find some train pics taken in bad weather, but surprisingly found very few. Here are 3 taken in cold weather near Bradford, about 20-25 years ago.
First of all a "peak" diesel electric, probably on a Leeds-Carlisle service.
Then a class 47 piloting a class 40 towards Leeds with a tank train.
And finally a "Calder Valley DMU" on a Morecambe service.
Only the class 47s now see "normal" service in the UK nowadays! And semaphore signals are getting scarce too.
John
PS Answer to the Buffet Quiz sometime this week, although Ex-Railwayman won the virtual prize for being first!
Mr Cook, I notice that you photographed in the rain, does this mean that the Australian drought problems reported over here have eased a little? We had bad floods round here recently but most people recovered very quickly. I've tried to find some train pics taken in bad weather, but surprisingly found very few. Here are 3 taken in cold weather near Bradford, about 20-25 years ago. First of all a "peak" diesel electric, probably on a Leeds-Carlisle service.
Then a class 47 piloting a class 40 towards Leeds with a tank train.
And finally a "Calder Valley DMU" on a Morecambe service.
Only the class 47s now see "normal" service in the UK nowadays!
And semaphore signals are getting scarce too.John
PS Answer to the Buffet Quiz sometime this week, although Ex-Railwayman won the virtual prize for being first!
Nice photos all.
Some from my holiday in Devon.
Mainline at Paignton
GNER HST hired by Virgin for summer Saturdays.
A 2 Super Voagers arrive at Paignton.
A MTU HST with a 158.
Voagers
'The Torbay Express' leaves the mainline for the PDSR
6024 with the MTU
PDSR
7827 Lyndham Manor leaves Paignton Queens Park
Auto at Kingswear
6024.
I have more that I might post.
All are copyright.
Some from my holiday in Devon.
Mainline at Paignton
GNER HST hired by Virgin for summer Saturdays.
A 2 Super Voagers arrive at Paignton.
A MTU HST with a 158.
Voagers
'The Torbay Express' leaves the mainline for the PDSR
6024 with the MTU
PDSR
7827 Lyndham Manor leaves Paignton Queens Park
Auto at Kingswear
6024.
I have more that I might post.
All are copyright.
Thanks Jivebunny Nice photo Eldavo.
The Voager was going to Platform one to terminate as Paington is the end of the line. The Torbay express was in Platform 2 anyway and if that hadn't been there and a train was in Platform one it would go to the carrige sidings then go into platform one after the other train departed.
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The ' Devon Belle' Observation car, one of only two rebuilt.
7827 at Kingswear.
Nice photo Eldavo. The Voager was going to Platform one to terminate as Paington is the end of the line. The Torbay express was in Platform 2 anyway and if that hadn't been there and a train was in Platform one it would go to the carrige sidings then go into platform one after the other train departed.
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The ' Devon Belle' Observation car, one of only two rebuilt.
7827 at Kingswear.
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johnchisem
Mr Grumpy
Answer!
The mystery station buffet is Bridlington in East Yorkshire. Well done to Ex-Railwayman! The semaphores are still there, but the dreaded Sprinters have invaded! Here's a shot, but I still haven't found the ideal spot for a decent photograph.
John
ps my guess for Ex-Railwayman's class 50 photograph was wrong, anybody able to help?
The mystery station buffet is Bridlington in East Yorkshire. Well done to Ex-Railwayman! The semaphores are still there, but the dreaded Sprinters have invaded! Here's a shot, but I still haven't found the ideal spot for a decent photograph.
John
ps my guess for Ex-Railwayman's class 50 photograph was wrong, anybody able to help?
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Lance_Jago
Trainz Team
Thanks to everyone making a contribution to this thread. Here's one more from Durango.
D & S NGR #7 "Big Al" at Durango, CO, July 1st, 2006.
Cheers.
D & S NGR #7 "Big Al" at Durango, CO, July 1st, 2006.
Cheers.
titaniclover
TS2010EE SP3; Build 49933
Nice pic and sig.
heres some of my favorite from my England trip
Southeastern EMU's from the London Eye!
EWS container train heading north out of Oxford
both rejected by railpics......
havnt tried the next couple but they will probably suffer the same fate, oh well better start uploading the RRPA
didcot ry center
sun decided to go behind the cloud right as the train came lol
Wadebridge running around the train at Alfredsford on the Mid-Hants railway
some misc ones
super dead electro diesels
Virgin Thunderbird class 57 virgil tracy
Southeastern EMU's from the London Eye!
EWS container train heading north out of Oxford
both rejected by railpics......
havnt tried the next couple but they will probably suffer the same fate, oh well better start uploading the RRPA
didcot ry center
sun decided to go behind the cloud right as the train came lol
Wadebridge running around the train at Alfredsford on the Mid-Hants railway
some misc ones
super dead electro diesels
Virgin Thunderbird class 57 virgil tracy
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WileeCoyote
Eatibus Almost Anythingus
Nice pics, especially the one of the EMU in London:wave:
WileeCoyote
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johnchisem
Mr Grumpy
Well tonight we stood in the rain to see the Scarborough Spa Express! Craig's video camera has developed a faulty screen (we hope it dries out) and the still shots are a bit grotty!
It's a black five this week! It's a shame that the trains in these two are not the opposite ones! The compostion and exposure on the railcar is much better.
Ex Railwayman! Is the freightliner depot Beeston near Nottingham? Am I warmer or colder?
John
It's a black five this week! It's a shame that the trains in these two are not the opposite ones! The compostion and exposure on the railcar is much better.
Ex Railwayman! Is the freightliner depot Beeston near Nottingham? Am I warmer or colder?
John
ex-railwayman
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Ex Railwayman! Is the freightliner depot Beeston near Nottingham? Am I warmer or colder?
John
Hello John, yes you're spot on, it was taken at Beeston, sadly no longer there of course, and it was on 4D51 the Nottingham - Birmingham ( Lawley Street ) daily service, having worked in on the 4G50 train a few hours earlier. There were a number of Class 50's that worked this service for a few months, owing to the unavailabilty of the usual booked locomotive at Saltley depot, the Class 50 having got to Birmingham New Street station earlier in the morning, on the London Paddington passenger service.
Cheerz. ex-railwayman.
John
Hello John, yes you're spot on, it was taken at Beeston, sadly no longer there of course, and it was on 4D51 the Nottingham - Birmingham ( Lawley Street ) daily service, having worked in on the 4G50 train a few hours earlier. There were a number of Class 50's that worked this service for a few months, owing to the unavailabilty of the usual booked locomotive at Saltley depot, the Class 50 having got to Birmingham New Street station earlier in the morning, on the London Paddington passenger service.
Cheerz. ex-railwayman.
johnchisem
Mr Grumpy
What l lucky guess! I was tempted the think North East but just spotted a white chimney in the haze above the number on the loco. This gave me a clue as I can't remember the Beeston Freightliner Terminal very well. We once had to run the 8F round there and all the roads were full. So we did a shunt of some civil engineers wagons! The poor quality picture shows us doing so (it was dusk). The treeline is the same and you can spot a a building (above the orange containers) in both shots. The cranes might have gone by then.
Do you remember Frank Riley (and his son Eric)? Westhouses men if I remember correctly, Frank is leaning out of the coach.
And round the corner is is/was this glass fronted building!
Never quite got the perfect reflection:'(
John
johnchisem
Mr Grumpy
Scarborough Spa Express! (AGAIN!)
We managed to keep dry tonight! We tramped across a harvested field and found a spot without much overgrowth. And some body decided it was the best place for a signal! First shot shows this, second taken from the same position uses a telephoto setting to avoid showing the signal.
John
We managed to keep dry tonight! We tramped across a harvested field and found a spot without much overgrowth. And some body decided it was the best place for a signal! First shot shows this, second taken from the same position uses a telephoto setting to avoid showing the signal.
John