Neil
Western Thunderer
Choosing my all time favourite photo could be a hard task as there are so many I like but I keep coming back to this fabulous image of the Talyllyn Railway's mineral only section up to Nant Gwernol. Enjoy.
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mickoo
Western Thunderer
With out question it's these images I took a few years back in Denmark.
To everyone else it's a boring Mz on a freight train, to me it's a show of brute force and power, the pill box windscreen and high shouldered cant rail bodyside give an air of bully boy power IMHO.
It's late afternoon, sun is out and the heat is just beginning to die away, birds are singing and muted farm sounds in the distance. It starts as a low roar in the distance, maybe 2Km away, growing ever so slightly until the train bursts from under a bridge about 1Km away, it gets louder and a faint wheel hiss and squeal can be heard as well as the deepening muted rumble from the Mz. The sharp curve saps the speed and as the Mz burst round the corner the driver piles on the power, the muted rumble increases to a roar with a high pitched whine underneath and urges the train around the curve at line speed (120K). The loco roars past with flanges squealing and the Ro-Los protest with a ear piercing hissing flange noise and air roar from their low slung frames, trailers bounce and sway and canvas sides flap furiously in the wind, the bow and side wave blows dirt, grit and leaves around and then it's gone.
And that ladies and gentlemen is the 'Carlsberg' train, Demarks daily trailer train from Kobenhavn to the rest of Europe. I was there nearly a week and found this spot in the last hour before the drive to the airport and this was the last freight I saw before my epic 20hr journey home (that's another yarn) and of the 700+ photos I took this sequence had the most impact on me and these are far and away some of the top photos I've ever taken, technically poor, but personally emotively rich.
Not sure if that's the spirit the OP was looking for LOL
To everyone else it's a boring Mz on a freight train, to me it's a show of brute force and power, the pill box windscreen and high shouldered cant rail bodyside give an air of bully boy power IMHO.
It's late afternoon, sun is out and the heat is just beginning to die away, birds are singing and muted farm sounds in the distance. It starts as a low roar in the distance, maybe 2Km away, growing ever so slightly until the train bursts from under a bridge about 1Km away, it gets louder and a faint wheel hiss and squeal can be heard as well as the deepening muted rumble from the Mz. The sharp curve saps the speed and as the Mz burst round the corner the driver piles on the power, the muted rumble increases to a roar with a high pitched whine underneath and urges the train around the curve at line speed (120K). The loco roars past with flanges squealing and the Ro-Los protest with a ear piercing hissing flange noise and air roar from their low slung frames, trailers bounce and sway and canvas sides flap furiously in the wind, the bow and side wave blows dirt, grit and leaves around and then it's gone.
And that ladies and gentlemen is the 'Carlsberg' train, Demarks daily trailer train from Kobenhavn to the rest of Europe. I was there nearly a week and found this spot in the last hour before the drive to the airport and this was the last freight I saw before my epic 20hr journey home (that's another yarn) and of the 700+ photos I took this sequence had the most impact on me and these are far and away some of the top photos I've ever taken, technically poor, but personally emotively rich.
Not sure if that's the spirit the OP was looking for LOL
TheSnapper
Western Thunderer
OK, if we're talking about our own favourite railway photos, this is one of mine and is framed in my "home office":
Taken at Highley on the SVR, on 29th December 2005, before the floods and before the Engine House was built, so now an historical document, I suppose.
It was -3ºC all day. I just like it for atmosphere and the memories of a great day out with my mates!
Cheers
Tim
Taken at Highley on the SVR, on 29th December 2005, before the floods and before the Engine House was built, so now an historical document, I suppose.
It was -3ºC all day. I just like it for atmosphere and the memories of a great day out with my mates!
Cheers
Tim
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
Tim - Peter and I stood at just the same place last summer after spending most of the morning with Boris in, around and under a Wezzie. Around the corner came a steam engine and the feeling was the same as looking at your photo... an admiration for engineering and brute force. Thank you.
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Andy C
Guest
Of the shots that Ive taken this does it for me every time - as much as anything because its right out of my comfort zone, Diesel and "foreign". We were on the daily train out of Christchurch to Greymouth over Arthurs Pass. Train stopped at Springfield so got out and started chatting to our driver re the hold up - Crossing with a delayed Coal train - and 5 minutes later got the money shot on what proved to be a brilliant days train ride.
Like Mickoo's Mz, it says power but in this case "Job done" as he brought it onto the Christchurch plain, opening it up after the descent and before its final run in to Christchurch.
Like Mickoo's Mz, it says power but in this case "Job done" as he brought it onto the Christchurch plain, opening it up after the descent and before its final run in to Christchurch.
mickoo
Western Thunderer
Nice
There's some weight there, those gondolas top up at a fair weight, maybe 100t apiece? dynamics will be singing all the way down hill.
Big soft spot for NZ EMDs, no idea how they classify them, so many classes and sub classes. Big trains on small tracks, like SAR, very impressive.
Of all the images so far on this thread, I'm still drawn to the Talyllyn one. Reminds me of walking, with my father up the line from Abergynolwyn to the quarry. What I would have seen wasn't much different to the picture.
That gate post is still there on the railway, just round the corner from Abergynolwyn station.
I will have to think about a favourite to add to the thread.
That gate post is still there on the railway, just round the corner from Abergynolwyn station.
I will have to think about a favourite to add to the thread.
Simon
Flying Squad
I'd agree with Tim, all good images but that Talyllyn one is really something else.
Back in 1973 I achieved the distinction of becoming the youngest ever (then) assistant guard on the Talyllyn at the age of 15.
Where did it all go wrong....
That summer on the TR was also the very first time that I ever witnessed a low flying RAF jet, coming down the valley at Abergynolwyn while we were drinking tea before returning to Towyn - it sure rattled the teacups
Simon
Back in 1973 I achieved the distinction of becoming the youngest ever (then) assistant guard on the Talyllyn at the age of 15.
Where did it all go wrong....
That summer on the TR was also the very first time that I ever witnessed a low flying RAF jet, coming down the valley at Abergynolwyn while we were drinking tea before returning to Towyn - it sure rattled the teacups
Simon
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
Been thinking about what my favourite photo would be, difficult to decide, but today I took this one, which I did find rather pleasing in a kind of timeless way - a dirtied 1450 at Buckfastleigh shunting during a gala event:
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Oliver Bulleid
Guest
Although Ogle Winston Link was famous for his carefully staged nightime shots, he should be better remembered for the record of the Abingdon-West Jefferson branch - the Virginia Creeper.
I bought a print of 'Old Maud bows to the Virginia Creeper' when OW Link was still alive and still making a living taking photographs, this year I plan to return to Roanoke to visit both 'his' museum and that of the mighty N&W.
Anyhew, this is my submission, its popularity should not discount its beauty and honesty;
I bought a print of 'Old Maud bows to the Virginia Creeper' when OW Link was still alive and still making a living taking photographs, this year I plan to return to Roanoke to visit both 'his' museum and that of the mighty N&W.
Anyhew, this is my submission, its popularity should not discount its beauty and honesty;
Tim
D816Foxhound
Western Thunderer
Favourite photo, any nicely composed shot of a hydraulic and particularly photos depicting a Western fresh
from a Laira repaint in 1974 or 1975.
I have a bit of a soft spot for photos of hydraulics on Long Rock depot, and this one pretty much lights my fire....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13661517@N06/8463516273/in/photostream/
Roger
from a Laira repaint in 1974 or 1975.
I have a bit of a soft spot for photos of hydraulics on Long Rock depot, and this one pretty much lights my fire....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13661517@N06/8463516273/in/photostream/
Roger