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Throwback Thursday… Class 20s at the Midland Railway-Butterley

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20205 & 20189 cross Butterley Reservoir-20150208
20205 & 20189 cross Butterley Reservoir
Fujifilm X20, Fujinon Super EBC 7.1-28.4mm f2~2.8 at 20.2mm, 1/600s, f11, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Nine years ago it was a mini diesel gala (featuring just class 20s if memory serves) at the Midland Railway-Butterley.

I think this was the final train of the day with 20205 and 20189 hauling a heavily loaded rake of carriages across the causeway spanning Butterley Reservoir.

Single frame… English Electric Lightning T.5 XS417

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English Electric Lightning T.5 XS417
English Electric Lightning T.5 XS417
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 10-24mm f4 R OIS at 22mm, 26s, f8, ISO 800

Another image from the night photo shoot at Newark Air Museum I took part in back in October…

XS417 first flew on 17 July 1964 and was delivered to 226 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) at Royal Air Force (RAF) Coltishall in May 1965.

XS417 spent its final few years moving between 11 Squadron at RAF Binbrook and the Lightning Training Flight before being retired in May 1987 and was finally moved to Newark Air Museum on 27 April 1988.

Throwback Thursday… 2013 Great Central Railway winter steam gala

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Great Western Railway 6000 class 4-6-0 6023 KING EDWARD II
Great Western Railway 6000 class 4-6-0 6023 KING EDWARD II
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 48mm, 1/400s, f8, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

11 years ago it was a cold and snowy Great Central Railway winter steam gala.

London Midland & Scottish Railway class 8F 2-8-0 48624
London Midland & Scottish Railway class 8F 2-8-0 48624
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 120mm, 1/500s, f8, ISO 400

These pics (and in fact most of my pics that day) were taken at Leicester North station while the locomotives were running round their respective trains.