Hastings Diesel
by GlynM
The Hastings Diesel Company's heritage diesel set seen here at Guildford on the outward part of a "Green Dragon Rail Tour " from Hastings to Cardiff and back on 18/04/15.
It was nostalgic to see this diesel set as the front motor coach is the only surviving coach that had been used, albeit only for a short while, as part of a 3 coach "Tadpole" set that used to run between Reading and Tonbridge. As a youngster I used to live in Earley, just outside Reading, and this heritage diesel set brought back memories of the wonderful sound of the Tunbridge Tadpoles. However the Tadpoles I remember were never as shiny and clean as this preserved set .
Pentax K-5 with a DA18-135 @ 31mm
1/200sec, F16 & ISO400.
Shot raw. processed in LR5 then resized for the web in PSE10.
Glyn
It was nostalgic to see this diesel set as the front motor coach is the only surviving coach that had been used, albeit only for a short while, as part of a 3 coach "Tadpole" set that used to run between Reading and Tonbridge. As a youngster I used to live in Earley, just outside Reading, and this heritage diesel set brought back memories of the wonderful sound of the Tunbridge Tadpoles. However the Tadpoles I remember were never as shiny and clean as this preserved set .
Pentax K-5 with a DA18-135 @ 31mm
1/200sec, F16 & ISO400.
Shot raw. processed in LR5 then resized for the web in PSE10.
Glyn
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