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
CategoryTransport
Shutter Speed1/200
Aperturef/7.1
LensN/A
ISO1000
Focal Length95mm
Views/Likes55/1

GIULIO57
Posted 18/06/2015 - 11:58 Link
Old and modern: nice matching
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iangilmour
Posted 18/06/2015 - 13:40 Link
Excellent composition.
Best wishes
Ian
tommyt
Posted 18/06/2015 - 13:51 Link
Nice shot David, im pleased you managed to see it and get a few shots...Best Regards..tommyt
OldTaffy
Posted 18/06/2015 - 14:21 Link
That's a very good shot. You do well to get it so sharp at that focal length and shutter speed.

Martin
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tyronet2000
Posted 18/06/2015 - 16:39 Link
Lovely image David, as Giulio said "old" and "new" in the same frame
Regards
Stan

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davidwozhere
Posted 19/06/2015 - 00:17 Link
Thanks for getting up early - super image.
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pauljay
Posted 22/06/2015 - 11:26 Link
Splendid result!
Paul.

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PPG
Posted 11/08/2015 - 16:23 Link
Fabulous capture...

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