Railway Photo Gallery
March 2010
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4th
March 2010 -
Blackpool Tramway Upgrade Work
A brief visit to Blackpool for the annual
Fylde Tramway Society photo competition gave me the opportunity to take a look
at some of the work being done on the tramway upgrade. These scenes were taken
on New South Promenade, Pleasure Beach and Lord Street in Fleetwood.
7th
March 2010 - WSMR
Diverts
WSMR services between Wrexham and Marylebone
were diverted via the WCML and as it was a fine day I decided to have a go at
photographing them. I started the day at Tile Hill where I just missed a 57
dragging a Pendolino south - d'oh! Although Tile Hill is not off the beaten
track for the Wrexhams, it was a shot I wanted to do and seemed like a good
place to start. Next up I moved to Blisworth for the first southbound, followed
by Brockhall for the next southbound. In between these three workings, there
were plenty of Pendolinos, Voyagers and Desiros to photograph and I have
included a few of these alongside the WSMR shots below.
13th
March 2010 -
Saturday Variety
I started by heading west. The idea was to
take a picture of the Stourbridge Shuttle, then a few Midland Metro trams
followed by a couple of 60's on oil tanks. However, after a couple of sunny
shots at Stourbridge, the sky clouded up and it was game over. It looked far
better in the east, so I headed back that way and ended up at March where I
photographed 'Oliver Cromwell' on a railtour, various units, a freight and a
stabled pair of class 20's. Finally on the way home, a brief pause at Werrington
bagged me a freight and a 91 in sun. A bit of a weird day, but at least I feel I
made the most of what sunshine was available.
16th
March 2010 - Ugly
Mo-Fo!
The gen came through that one of the
aesthetically challenged class 70's was en route to Stud Farm with a rake of
MRA's, so as it was sunny, I decided to get my first look at, and indeed my
first photo of a class 70 as it climbed through Bagworth.
18th
March 2010 - Test
Trains Returning to Base
97304 and 97301 were heading back to Derby
with a test train off the Cambrian, so I made a move for a night shot. The 37's
pulled up in a top spot in platform 1, but I also got a bonus in the form of
31601 which was returning to the Derby RTC with a test train from Neville Hill
via the North West.
21st
March 2010 -
Pendo Drag and a Tornado
A foggy start to the day, but by checking the
M1 traffic cams I could see that the fog was clear south of Milton Keynes, so I
headed off that way to get 5A16 0930 Oxley to Euston which was being worked by
57302 dragging 390047. This was photograph at Chelmscote Farm in sun, although
the sun died about 5 seconds after the train had passed. By this time the fog
had cleared further north so I headed for the Great Central Railway where I
managed a couple of pictures of 60163 'Tornado'.
27th-29th
March 2010 -
Windsor & London
This was a weekend away with my wife, so
photography of railways wasn't the main priority, but a 450 and three tube
trains managed to cross my path during the weekend.
