Steam on Exmoor

What a great steam in the landscape photo Andrew. Blanche is a long way from home though.
David

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Like this

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Malc

First time the loco had EVER been outside of Wales, David. It was a great day, particularly as I was allowed a footplate ride by the driver... my son!

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Best wishes,

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
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You lucky beggar. This is a fine shot indeed

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Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

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Eyecatching and strategical position of train and "cloud-steam"....You took a photo of the contrast between Nature and Progress...LIKE

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PPG

Nice one Andrew. I always remember my first ever footplate ride. As a small boy we lived next door to an engine driver based at Consett sheds. I got a ride on a old North Eastern Railway 0-6-2 tank engine with him. It was exciting and the first of many subsequent illicit footplate rides, mainly on Consett and Tyne Dock based freight engines. But the best came later - an official ride on a 9F all the way from Tyne Dock to Consett with an 800+ton iron ore train. By then I was working as a junior reporter on the local weekly newspaper and wangled a footplate pass from North Eastern Region HQ at York to write a feature on the men who kept Consett's steelworks in action.
David

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Those were truly the days, David. REAL mainline steam used for a purpose other than entertainment.

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Best wishes,

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

There are times Andrew when your excellence gets right up my nose! Pure jealousy you understand!

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Paul.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! (Bill Brandt)
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