Tornado and Telegraphs

by pgweber

The Great Central Railway at Loughborough has a gala this weekend where 'new build' steam loco No. 60163 'Tornado' is running.

I captured her at Woodthorpe Bridge (just off A6 on the edge of Loughborough) on her last trip of the day on Saturday 27th March.

My one gripe with preserved lines is that all trains are limited to 25mph. From the direction of the steam, you can probably judge that the prevailing wind is moving faster than the train.

Shot as jpg+RAW on K10D/16-45.

For steam photographers, map at: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=454590&y=317875&z=120&sv=454590,317875&st=4...
Uploaded28/03/2010 - 11:43
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Jumbo48
Posted 28/03/2010 - 14:25 Link
What a great shot Peter, nicely captured,you always get them at just the right moment,(and the fences look good too). Well done.
Regards John/Jumbo
davidtrout
Posted 28/03/2010 - 15:02 Link
Nice one Peter. I'm waiting till Tornado comes back to the North East soon.
david
pgweber
Posted 28/03/2010 - 20:10 Link
Thank you for the comments John and David.

I am glad I give that illusion John, but it is down to a bit of cropping afterwards to tell the truth.

This is quite a photogenic spot and I am sure they left the telegraph poles in place to enhance the dated ambience.

Regards,
Peter
Peter

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Cliff-P
Posted 29/03/2010 - 16:19 Link
You can certainly pick good locations Peter Another lovely shot, well captured.
Cliff.




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