Smoky Start
by pgweber
Sometimes railway photography can just be a record shot, but at other times it can convey atmosphere and emotion.
Today I am showing "Black Five" 45407 struggling to get it's train moving after a water stop in the Southern outskirts of Sheffield.
Being a moderate sized engine the heavy train almost proved too much for it to restart.
It took a good few minutes belching smoke and steam skywards and a few roars of exhaust as the wheels spun uncontrolled before the engine established a steady beat and set forth.
The train was a day trip from Stockport to the Keighley & Worth Valley railway on 29th June 2008, seen here on it's return journey. It was shot with K10D/Samsung 50-200 in PEF format & converted in Sikypix.
One of my favourite engines but my son, a dyed in the wool Great Western man, loves it when a Black Five comes to the West Somerset, as it always has problems lifting a train out of Bishops' Lydeard, a task one of his beloved Manors can do with ease!
Brilliant pyrotechnics in your shot. And doesn't monochrome always look right?
Best wishes,
Andrew
Andrew
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Rees
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