Refreshingly different and superbly presented.
David

The colour version for me.
David

The image quality and clarity of No.4 is sensational but the set as a whole is superb. Looks like you made an epic journey along that beautiful coast line.
David

What a fantastic coast line.....and beautifully captured by you and your K7 Nigel.
David

Nice one Kris. The light is handled expertly and the arrangement within the window frame is excellent whether organised by you or the ladies of the church. I like the historical background too.
David

Mono? Here goes Gary... please forgive the colour pop, couldn't resist it.
Thanks for the interest.

David

That brings back memories John.... I can't recognise me among those boys with their Ian Allan ABCs but I reckon that grimy loco pulling out of the station with a Scottish bound express is a V2. It must have been a Heaton or Gateshead based loco, not an Edinburgh Haymarket or St Margarets based one as the Scottish Region kept their fleet much cleaner than the North Eastern Region.

That's great Peter...I haven't been up there for years but it still seems to be an ideal vantage point. It needs careful timing to get the loco in clear view between the wires and you have succeeded here.
In steam days this was a dream location for spotters: the complex diamond crossing said to be the largest of its kind in the world: a constant stream of trains ranging from the Tyneside electrics to South Shields and Tynemouth, endless coal trains with J26/J27s and Q6s, fast freights largely hauled by K3s, B16s, and V2s, and of course the ECML expresses with the V2s A1s, A2s,A3s and A4s. Newcastle was a staging point for engine changing so in one day you could cop both Kings Cross and Haymarket engines as well as the local Gateshead and Heaton Pacifics.
Pity my early photographic experience and equipment lacked the required quality.
David

PS: That large car park on the right of Peter's picture used to be the location for suburban train platforms so the track layout was far more complex than today.

Thanks all for the positive comments. I travelled from Durham to Newcastle on a Trans Pennine Nova for this photo shoot and was really impressed at the acceleration as soon as the train left the end of the platform at Durham.
David

Good action shots, particularly No.2 but I also like the human interest content.
David