1980_02_10-0138-Tirichirapoly-YPs
Tiruchchirappalli, 10 Feb 1980
The last stop on our steam bash in India in 1980 was Tiruchchirappalli, often contracted to Trichy. We rode a stopping rain from Erode the day before behind a WL 4-6-2 and spent the night before going to the shed on the 10th. We left for Sri Lanka in the afternoon, so these appear to have been taken around noon, which accounts for the challenging lighting.
Slide film had maybe 1 f/stop of range between shadows and highlights, so if you expose for the general scene, shadows were often black during the middle of the day and the closer you get to the equator, the more directly overhead the sun is a noon time, so under the running boards is frequently dark on these shots. To make things even more fun, it appears that most engines were facing north on the south side of the shed.
On the plus side, Trichy was a meter and broad gauge shed, so in addition to WPs and the less common WLs, there were YPs and YGs in abundance. It was also a good place for WW2 US power with both broad gauge AWC 2-8-0s (aka S-160s) and meter gauge MAWD (or WD) 2-8-2s present.
We had an enjoyable visit and then it was time to head for the airport, where we took an Indian Airlines Hawker Siddeley 748, a twin engine turboprop, to Colombo for a week in Sri Lanka, which we spent recovering from our marathon trip around India.
1980_02_10-0138-Tirichirapoly-YPs
Tiruchchirappalli, 10 Feb 1980
The last stop on our steam bash in India in 1980 was Tiruchchirappalli, often contracted to Trichy. We rode a stopping rain from Erode the day before behind a WL 4-6-2 and spent the night before going to the shed on the 10th. We left for Sri Lanka in the afternoon, so these appear to have been taken around noon, which accounts for the challenging lighting.
Slide film had maybe 1 f/stop of range between shadows and highlights, so if you expose for the general scene, shadows were often black during the middle of the day and the closer you get to the equator, the more directly overhead the sun is a noon time, so under the running boards is frequently dark on these shots. To make things even more fun, it appears that most engines were facing north on the south side of the shed.
On the plus side, Trichy was a meter and broad gauge shed, so in addition to WPs and the less common WLs, there were YPs and YGs in abundance. It was also a good place for WW2 US power with both broad gauge AWC 2-8-0s (aka S-160s) and meter gauge MAWD (or WD) 2-8-2s present.
We had an enjoyable visit and then it was time to head for the airport, where we took an Indian Airlines Hawker Siddeley 748, a twin engine turboprop, to Colombo for a week in Sri Lanka, which we spent recovering from our marathon trip around India.