Duchess on Tour

davidtrout · 2010-09-19T11:56:46+0100

Duchess of Sutherland at Durham Duchess at Hexham At Langwathby At Kirkby Stephen The 1930s express steam loco Duchess of Sutherland ran the Citadel Express from York to Carlisle via Durham and Newcastle and back via the Settle and Carlisle Railway on Saturday. I set out to grab shots at four locations on the circular route, starting near home in Durham. It gave me a round trip of around 150 miles and some hectic driving. Worst moment was at the first location, Durham Station, when a southbound high speed electric train partly blocked the view for photographers just as the Duchess came through at around 75mph. My poorest pictures were at Langwathby in Cumbria when I attempted panning instead of taking straight shots. My final location was at Kirkby Stephen where I got ahead of the train with just two minutes to spare when the Duchess stopped for water at Appleby. The result was a sequence of action pictures of one of the fastest and most powerful steam express engines ever built in Britain. It is due to be taken out of service soon for major servicing, including boiler checks.

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Plus Member davidtrout davidtrout

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Posted 25/09/2010 - 18:34 Link

Nice work i-Berg, the sepia certainly gives it a vintage look.
Andrew, this engine definately looked better in it's original red but about a year ago they painted it black as it appeared after World War 11 before it became British Rail green. I understand it will eventually appear in red again. I got pictures of it in red last year.
David.

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