Tornado at speed
by davidtrout
Tornado, the A1 Class express loco that made history ten years ago when it became the first mainline steam locomotive to be newly built for around half a century, has just emerged from the 'works' after its ten-year major overhaul. Yesterday it transferred from Locomotion, the railway museum at Shildon to Edinburgh to work a series of tourist charter trains in The Highlands. The transfer was used as a test run for the newly overhauled engine, towing just one support coach.
Here its charging through Durham station doing around 70mph.
It was mild but the light was poor and I was working at 1000 ISO on my K3 with the DA*50-135mm lens and the fastest shutter speed I could get was 1/200 sec, a bit slow for this sort of action. but this frame was reasonably sharp others not so successful.
Thanks to Tommy T for reminding me this transfer was taking place.
David
Uploaded18/06/2015 - 11:22
Camera Make: |
RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. |
Camera Model: |
PENTAX K-3 |
Date Taken: |
2015-06-17 08:38:45 |
Exposure Program: |
Aperture priority |
Aperture: |
f/7.1 |
Max Aperture Value: |
N/A |
ISO Speed Rating: |
1000 |
Focal Length: |
95 mm |
Lens: |
N/A |
Metering Mode: |
Center weighted average |
Exposure Time: |
1/200 sec |
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