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Thanks John I'll bear that in mind.
Here is another one at Holt with the B12 and Class 31 Brush Type 4.

Love the colours in these recent additions. Was hoping one of us might of caught the recent Flying Scotsman Runs on film (or pixels!).

Thanks Craig
When Flying Scotsman came down the east coast it was a horrible flat grey sky and I couldn't be bothered jostling with  other people for that one photo.

What friends and family I still have in the UK shot video of it, just would of preferred some pictures. My last address I had in the UK I could of seen it from my bedroom window.

Mainline runs are getting few and far between over here, partly caused by a few misdemeanours by West Coast Railways & also the effect it has on High Speed Trains so they are being restricted to B routes only.

Don't think I posted these ones yet.

Nice photos John .

Great additions John, think the third one is my favourite, love the tones and sky.

The Swanage Railway

These were from a recent trip to Dorset. Although it was a dull sky, it is never dull spending time on a heritage line. I travelled from Swanage to Corfe in a diesel railcar, shown in the first photo at Corfe Station with Corfe Castle in the background. For the return trip, the train was pulled by a steamer, shown coming into Corfe in the second photo. The locomotive is Manston, a Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2, shown back at Swanage Station in the third photo. All images are JPEGs captured by a Pentax K-5 IIs with a 20-40mm zoom lens, with adjustments made using PaintShop Pro X8.

Cheers.
Philip

Great photos. It seems such a shame having such a fine loco running tender first. Like a yard pug! I have always loved Battle of Britain/Merchant Navy class locos. Never ever seen one in steam, only at NRM, York.

I have fond memories of these, my father had a cottage on the Isle of White so we traveled down from Waterloo and back four times a year. The spam Cans as they're nicknamed look fantastic, the rebuilt ones were more conventional for ease of maintainance.
Nice photo's really rich tones , just a shame it was flat grey skies for your visit. How about inserting a cloud image into the sky,, l'm not a massive fan of doing it but sometimes it can help to lift an image to a different level.
Regards Doug the other Pentaxian ?

John & Doug - thank you for your comments.

I agree re. tender first, John - presumably no turntables there.

The sky doesn't bother me much, Doug; I'm also not a fan of inserting a completely different one, although I don't mind removing or inserting smaller items if necessary. On reflection, I think I should have cropped away the sky in the first photo down close to the chimney tops.

Railway bridges are interesting so I like your shot of 76084 emerging from the arch, and it is also good to have just managed to include the gentleman walking his dog.

Cheers.
Philip

More from the Swanage Railway:

These were taken at Swanage Station. The first shows a luggage trolley which interested me as I still have two trunks at home, exactly like the blue and brown ones shown here, from my university days five decades ago. The second shot is the signal at the outward end of the platform (Swanage is a terminus). The third is a platform view, converted to mono - trying to get a more timeless view; can't do much about clothing, etc., but at least I can't see a mobile phone there! All images are JPEGs captured by a Pentax K-5 IIs with a 20-40mm zoom lens, with adjustments made using PaintShop Pro X8.

Cheers.
Philip

Brilliant images, all of them. I love the 4MT. A real working loco.

Some interior shots from the Swanage Railway:

The first photo was taken through the driver's cab of the diesel railcar, as the train approached Corfe Station. The second is the Booking Office in the old station building at Corfe. The third is usually a 'no entry' area but permission was granted to photograph through the doorway of the Corfe Signalbox. All images are JPEGs captured by a Pentax K-5 IIs with a 20-40mm zoom lens, and adjustments made using PaintShop Pro X8.

Cheers.
Philip

Hi Phillip
I like these photos's , the one in the DMU I just wonder if you used a polarising filter or a rubber lens hood against the glass to minimise or remove the reflections.
The ticket office and the Signal box are great so much detail in these shots.
I've been thinking about becoming a member of one as it might give me more access to the forbidden areas such as the steam shed, Signal box, it would be good to capture the interior of the box with the signalman & the Engine outside using a flash inside to balance the light.

Thank you for your comments, Doug.

A polarising filter is something I don't have for my 20-40 mm zoom and, although there is always a rubber lens hood attached, it was away from the glass as the lens was set to 40 mm for the station and I also wanted the driver to fit in the field of view.

Yes, the lens at 20mm does show the detail inside the ticket office and signal box quite effectively as, even at f/4, there is still sufficient depth of field available. Both were taken at ISO 800, to keep the image noise low and still give a reasonable shutter speed to try to minimise the effect of any camera shake.

Cheers.
Philip

Swanage Railway - Power and Strength:

The first photo shows the power drive of the steam locomotive Manston in Post#134 above. The second photo shows the coupling between the diesel locomotive D6515 and the first coach of the train in Post #139 above. To me it has always seemed astonishing that one push of the steam pressure has the power to start hundreds of tons of train moving; similarly amazing to me is that one bolt has the strength to pull the rest of the train along. The images are JPEGs captured by a Pentax K-5 IIs with a 20-40mm zoom lens, and adjustments made using PaintShop Pro X8.

I like the lower photo it reminds me of the days when I worked at Kings Cross, when we took a train to Cambridge it was my job as Secondman to get down there and unhook it then hook it back up on the other end, they always leave two turns of thread I case the linkage breaks you have a chance to cone to it back up and get to safety .

Err not sure what happened there but it should have said HOOKED not coned !!!!!

North Norfolk Railway B12 waits at Weybourne to go on shed
K3II, f10, 1/640, ISO 400 Tamron, 18 - 200 @ 90mm

B12 Taking on water at Holt,  Hand held at 1/50th to try and show movment in the water spurting out of the tender.
Pentax K3II, f25, 1/50, ISO 400, Tamron 18 - 200 @ 24mm

Whoa ! I put it in the wrong place Help!!!

(Jul 28, 2016, 10:08)Dougson Wrote: [ -> ]Whoa ! I put it in the wrong place Help!!!

Hello,

What do you need assistance with? Glad to take a look at it.

Thanks

Hi Barbara
I've got it sorted I just sent two Aircraft photos to the Train thread by mistake, but I've got it sorted now thanks.
I just can't seem to find the thread on Aircraft at the moment but there seems to be some work happening on the site !
Regards Doug