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1st - 97301 & Trent Valley Freight
2nd - 5x20 0Z86 & Midland Freight
5th - D1013 'Western Ranger' at the SVR
6th - D1062 'Western Courier' at the SVR & 60007
7th - 31289 'Phoenix' at the Northampton & Lamport
15th - 37218 & 37607 test train & 56312 4Z91
20th - 47580 'Castle Over Shap'
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Eastleigh 100 - A centenary event held at Eastleigh Depot, filled with such a vastness of locomotives, I won't list them all here. A fun day was had by all and the weather was fantastic. Thanks to Matt for all the organisation.
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Something of a washout this time round, but diesel filled never the less. Loco's in attendence were 08114, 20154, 37248, 47292, 56097, 66731 & 73110.
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 | | May
1st - Crewe
2nd - 'The Heart of Wales Scenic Rambler' & 'The Welsh Mountaineer'
4th - 'The Retro Avon Grid' & Sydney Gardens
9th - 'The Cambrian Mountaineer'
10th - Footex, 37676 & 50044
11th - Comberford, near Tamworth
13th - 0Z86 & 6M67
23rd - Clan Line, Oliver Cromwell, 47760 & The Wessexman.
24th - Didcot parkway
25th - 50044 at the SVR
28th - 56311
30th - 86259, 57601 & footex
31st - Old Milverton
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 | | Midland Railway Diesel Gala
As April tried hard to uphold her usual standards, the sun triumphed for the most part and gave light to an excellent MRC Gala which was host to 20189, 20227, 31108, 45041, 45133, 46045 and 47401.
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 | | Birmingham Railway Museum Bank Holiday
A plesant day spent wandering around Tyseley locomtive works with plenty of steam on display, and even an electric made an apperance. Along with the owner.
Many thanks go to Les Ross for making an enjoyable visit an unforgettable one.
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 | | April
4th - 90 Nagex at Witton
11th - 57601 Green Express
13th - Lapworth
20th - New locations around the North Midlands
22nd - 37670 at Elford
25th - 5043 'Nunney Castle' at Arley
27th - Rainy Rugby
28th - Hope Valley
29th - Worcester, Malvern & Eckington
30th - Steel, Steam & Spoons III
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A day trip to Glasgow thanks to 'The Sun' 2 for 1 rail offer. A day spent on the Roundabout ticket travelling to such far flung destinations as Whifflet, Paisley, Partick and of course, Glasgow Central.
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Shots of most of the traction running at the Great Central that day including the 101, D123, D5401 & D5830. I've tried a few different locations this time because I was convinced there were other places on that line you could get to without a hi-vis!
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 | | Nene Valley Railway Diesel Gala
The Nene Valley Railway held a Diesel Gala over the 7/8th March including D306, 31271, 47270, 37518, 37667, 27056, 66732, D9516 and D9520. Very changeable weather made for some quick camera adjustments from full sun to full dull in a matter of minutes.
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 | | March
1st - DRS 47 hauled Footex
2nd - Grendon & Kingsbury
9th - 57006, 31106 & 60044
15th - A few from the SVR
16th - Kinlet Hall, 47 ECS & Tame Bridge
23rd - Barnt Green, Alvechurch & the Lickey
26th - 57010, 47 ECS & Spoon steel
28th - 47760, 37401 & 47843
29th - 37401x2 & 67028
30th - 56311, Cans & Tractorful TotonBescot.
31st - Tamworth & 31454
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 | | York
A day in York, including 47712, 47773, NMT and the star attraction: Sir Nigel Gresley. Other photos include various HDR attempts in the NRM and night photos of any train that stood still for 1.3 seconds or more.
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 | | February
1st - GCR Steam Gala
5th - Winter at Water Orton
6th - Winter on the West Coast
9th - Midland Mainline
11th - 97's
18th - Tamworth
19th - Wiggington, north of Tamworth
20th - Trent Valley including 47 WCRC ECS
22nd - XC HST & Chasewater
23rd - East Midlands Peds, Burton Tug and Catholme
26th - Water Orton including Schenker shed
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 | | The Fellsman Chopper
A collection of photos taken around 'The Fellsman Chopper', a tour from Birmingham International to Carlisle with a pair of choppers on the way up, and a pairing of 20 and 37 on the way back. Quite an experience it was!
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 | | January
2nd - Birmingham International
4th - Chirk Viaduct
9th - Two Spoons & Two Tractors
11th - GCR Diesel Gala
12th - 47727 & 31106
13th - 67005 & 006 test train
14th - Banbury & Rugby
15th - 67005 & 006 test train again
16th - Crewe
18th - Not quite the Cambrian
19th - 0Z97 and Water orton
20th - 0Z97 & Sutton Park
21st - 0Z97
23rd - Bletchley Freight
25th - 37259 to Tywyn
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Three weekends culminated into one collection comprising of a visit to Barrow Hill, Peak Rail, Eccelsbourne Valley Railway, two trips to the Midland Railway Centre, The Severn Valley Railway and the Great Central Railway. Plenty of Santa specials.
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Welcome to Midlands Rail Photos.
Firstly I'd like to thank a few people...
Scott. I found him over a year ago, wagon bashing at the end of Water Orton station.
Nah thats a lie, he doesnt swing that way.
I digress. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be the photographer I am today nor would I have gone to half the places I've ended up at. Almost everywhere I've been since Januray 2008, he's been there(though I'm normally half a mile away in a field), keeping me entertained during the long and frequent quiet spells on our railways;).
I'd also like to thank Matt. He's organised some great days out and continues to do so. He's the master of the timetable.
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The info:
This site is full of my favorite photos from around Britain, with Diesel, Steam and units all making an apperance, in that order.
The Equipment:
Canon Eos 5d MkII
Canon 24-70 f2.8 L
Canon 135 f2.0 L
Photoshop CS4
The Previous Equipment:
Canon Eos 400D
Canon 70-300 f4.5-5.6 IS
Canon 50 f1.8
Canon 10-22 f3.5-4.5
Canon Powershot A620
Sony DSC-P52
The Photographer:
Andrew is the name. It all started down at Birmingham Airport surprisingly, with planes holding all my interest at first, but those electrics racing up and down through nearby Marston Green soon made my hobby change direction forever. I bought my first camera, a 2mp Olympus when I was 15 and spent many hours down at Water Orton and Marston Green, poorly photographing trains I would die to see nowadays. After around a year with that camera, I managed to lose all my photos thanks to a crashed computer. A loss which I still lament to this day. I then bought a 3mp Sony which follwed me on some of my best railway days over the course of a year. Following on from that came the 7mp Canon A620 which never really saw much use due to me doing the whole teenager thing for awhile, hence the obvious lack of photos during 2007. Then for christmas in 2008 I finally got my first DSLR, the Canon 400D, which really got me back into the swing of things. Not long after I met Scott and from there my passion for photography has gone from strength to strength and here I am today with photography now my main career choice.
Congratulations if you've got this far, now onwards to the photos! |
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