A hefty push
by davidtrout
Class 5 loco 'Eric Treacy' gave Flying Scotsman a massive push up the incline out of Grosmont with the first train of the day to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Photographers lining the railway cursed because Flying Scotsman ran for hundreds of yards after starting with the cylinder cocks wide open. It totally obliterated the view with a cloud of superheated steam. But the Class 5 on the rear made up for it with a volcanic display of power that provided better pictures.
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Uploaded18/03/2016 - 15:21
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Posted 18/03/2016 - 18:49
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Nicely captured, especially like the big kid at the window, my mum used to give be a bollocking for rolling down the door window
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Brian.
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Posted 18/03/2016 - 18:58
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Terrific pyrotechnics.
Best wishes,
Andrew
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
Posted 19/03/2016 - 00:52
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Superclag - love it!
How many did it have on to need a banker? (or were they afraid of breaking it)
How many did it have on to need a banker? (or were they afraid of breaking it)
Posted 19/03/2016 - 12:51
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davidwozhere wrote:
Superclag - love it!
How many did it have on to need a banker? (or were they afraid of breaking it)
Superclag - love it!
How many did it have on to need a banker? (or were they afraid of breaking it)
Only eight coaches but the gradient is steep, somewhere in the 1 in 40s part of the way. It was also quite damp and the rails were greasy. The big wheel Pacifics don't handle too well on very steep climbs. I once saw Sir Nigel Gresley at the same spot spinning like mad trying to get a grip with just eight coaches.
Scotsman was not being pushed but the class 5 was really working hard and kept going into wheel spins which were expertly controlled by the driver.
Thanks for the comments all.
David
Posted 20/03/2016 - 10:28
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Classic steam photography and you have caught it well.
A Black and White conversion maybe?
A Black and White conversion maybe?
Not everything in life is Black & White, If only it were!
Kind Regards,
Rees
Kind Regards,
Rees
Posted 27/03/2016 - 19:00
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Great looking shot and info..
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