The Forth Bridge, October 2018
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 26mm, 1/105s, f16, ISO 400
Category: Railways
Monochrome Monday… Goods Wagon, Kingdom of Fife Railway
Goods Wagon, Kingdom of Fife Railway
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/60s, f5.6 – Ilford Delta 100
A shot from last year’s trip to Scotland… this four-plank wagon awaits its turn in the restoration queue at the Fife Heritage Railway. Not much is known about the wagon’s history but it was donated by Tullis Russell whose paper mill at nearby Markinch closed in 2015 with the loss of more than 350 jobs.
Scan by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Definitely Third Class!
Definitely Third Class!
Sony α100, Sony DT 18-70mm f3.5-5.6 at 50mm, 1/320s, f11, ISO 200
I recently found an old hard drive lurking in a drawer and on it were some images that I took in 2007 using a Sony α100 that had been a prize in a ‘first name out of the hat’ competition in a photography magazine.
I was using a Nikon D200 at the time and after taking a couple of hundred images with the Sony I passed it on to my wife (who didn’t get on with it at all and traded it in for a Nikon D80 a few months later if memory serves me…)
The above image is of a door belonging to a London, Midland & Scottish Railway Third Sleeper carriage that was awaiting scrapping at the Midland Railway-Butterley in Derbyshire.
Monochrome Monday… Lower Largo, Fife (again!)
Lower Largo, October 2017
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 100
Not long now until I’m off to this wonderful place again… Lower Largo on the Fife coast. Which cameras to take this time?
The viaduct in the background once carried the Fife Coast Railway that ran from Thornton Junction in the west to St Andrews in the north. The line closed to passengers in September 1965 and completely in December 1966.
Scan by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… SNCF class BB 67300 diesel locomotive
SNCF class BB 67300 diesel locomotive 67357
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 62mm, 1/120s, f11, ISO 400
Photography Friday… a trip to Wales
Today’s ‘Photography Friday’ trip took us off to Wales… specifically to the Llangollen Railway and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Llangollen lies on the River Dee in Denbighshire and plays host to the International Musical Eisteddfod, an event that we completely failed to realise was taking place this week and the town was packed with visitors (and performers) from all over the world!
The River Dee at Llangollen
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 1/240s, f11, ISO 400
After grabbing a bite to eat we boarded the first train to Corwen and I was surprised to find (given the recent dry weather and potential fire risk posed by a steam engine in such conditions), Great Western Railway (GWR) 5101 class ‘large prairie’ 2-6-2T No.5199 in charge of the five coach train.
Sadly (for some, not me, I like diesel locos too…) the return trip was handled by British Railways (BR) class 26 diesel-electric D5310 and No.5199 was returned to the engine shed.
GWR ‘large prairie’ 5199 pauses at Carrog Station
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 32mm, 1/80s, f9, ISO 400
Following a delicious pub lunch overlooking the river at The Cornmill we headed off to see the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, a stunning structure that carries the Llangollen Canal (originally the Ellesmere Canal) over the River Dee at a height of 126ft!
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 26mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 400
Completed in 1805 at a cost of £47,000 the aqueduct is a Grade I listed building and a World Heritage Site and still carries boats from the village of Froncysyllte to the canal basin at Trevor. The towpath is open to walkers but a head for heights is definitely recommended!
Monochrome Monday… Footbridge over the railway line
Footbridge over the railway line
Konica Big Mini – Ilford HP5+
A snapshot taken while waiting for my wife to collect me from the Victoria Hotel in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, after a couple of hours sampling the local ales…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Beyond hope…
Beyond hope…
Canon Sure Shot Sleek, – Kentmere 400
As good as the craftsmen in the Historic Carriage & Wagon Workshop at the Midland Railway-Butterley are, surely these wooden carriage bodies are beyond hope…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Instant gratification… Railway Viaduct
Railway Viaduct, March 2018
Polaroid 636 – Impossible B&W instant film
Another shot on Impossible Project type 600 black & white film, this time digitised using Google’s PhotoScan app for iOS.
Monochrome Monday… Turntable
Turntable, February 2018
Pentax MZ-30 + 35-80mm f/4~5.6 FA at 35mm – 1/180s, f8, – Kodak T400CN
Another shot from the Midland Railway-Butterley in Derbyshire, this time taken on my last roll of the much missed Kodak T400CN film.
The turntable was used to turn steam locomotives at Chinley railway station (also in Derbyshire) and is a 60ft diameter, hand-operated type built by the Midland Railway. It was dismantled in 1973 and stored for a number of years before arriving at the MR-B’s Swanwick Junction site in 1981. Sadly, 37 years later it is still awaiting reconstruction…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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