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3rd - Croxall Silhouettes
6th - Wiggington Silhouettes
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 | | November
1st - Tornado at the SVR
2nd - Northampton, Stafford & Crewe
8th - Remembereance day at the SVR
9th - Tug at Water Orton
14th - 'The SLS Special' Pannier tour & 'The Boot & Hoot'
15th - Churnet Valley 'Anything Goes' gala
28th - 'The Yuletide York' tour
30th - Sheds in silhouette
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 | | October
1st - WCRC saloon
4th - NVR Diesel Gala
5th - 37401 6G45
8th - SVR Diesel Gala
9th - SVR Diesel Gala
10th - Grendon
12th - Stenson, Kegworth & Lichfield
17th - The Jorvic Growler
18th - East Lancs Diesel Gala
19th - 60074 & 47580
24th - Buffer Puffer 8.0
25th - GWR Diesel Gala
26th - Swift at Bescot
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 | | September
5th - 33217 on 'The Merry-le Bone'
7th - Colin T. Gifford Exhibition
12th - GCR Diesel Gala
13th - Shakespeare Express in Monochrome
14th - Leamington & Coventry
19th - D1015 'Western Slater' tour
20th - Battlefield Diesel Gala
21st - Tamworth
26th - The Purbeck Growler & White Rose Express
30th - 47760 & 31190 6Z56
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 | | The Netherlands
Visions of The Netherlands' railways over a 3 day visit to the country.
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 | | August
3rd - 1Q12, 47786 & 47802+47501
15th - Rail-Blue Paignton Charter
16th - N2 & the LMS Fairburn Tank at the GCR
17th - Grantham, Chelmsford & Colchester
22nd - Marks Tey & Bishop Stortford
23rd - GCRn
30th - Churnet Valley Railway 37075
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 | | July
4th - 1001 'Midland Forester' tour
18th - 'The Lincolnshire Poacher' & 'The Cumbrian Coast Express'
19th - Churnet Valley 37065 & BLS tour
20th - Hogwarts Castle, 90 set & 47245
26th - The Shakespeare Express
27th - Nuneaton & Rugby area WCML
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 | | June
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'
23rd - TnT 47's Green Express
26th - Thames Turbos
27th - Chinnor & Princes Risborough Gala
28th - The Watercress Line
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 | | Eastleigh 100
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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 | | GCRn Diesel Gala
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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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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