Mainline 2717 WU02 KVV
This latest Sheffield upload begins in Beeston – it’s not exactly South Yorkshire, but by sheer fluke last week I happened to see preserved Mainline ALX400 2717 there! Freshly MOT’d after being inactive for a time, here it is on Middle Street, about to pay a visit to the interchange.
Of course this happened to be one of the rare times I didn’t have my DSLR with me, because I’d just gone shopping with family, but even in the dull lighting the Panasonic compact SOMEHOW pulled through to get an acceptable photo! I didn’t even have a chance to alter the settings yet got minimal blurring at 1/80, and the camera auto-set itself to ISO 250, so not too grainy either. Considering the Panasonic turns 9 next year, this ain’t half bad!
Considering the selection of buses Beeston regularly gets these days, an ex-First B7TL ALX400 is far more interesting than the vast majority of them! The coincidental timing is also on-point, not only for me to have been in the right place at the right time to see it in the first place, but the fact I already had this set of photos ready to upload, that contains two other Mainline buses. It also makes up for the fact that earlier in the week I went to the A52 on two different days, looking for B7TLs etc on school work, and was left mostly disappointed.
Best thing I’ve seen since October.
6.12.24
Mainline 2717 WU02 KVV
This latest Sheffield upload begins in Beeston – it’s not exactly South Yorkshire, but by sheer fluke last week I happened to see preserved Mainline ALX400 2717 there! Freshly MOT’d after being inactive for a time, here it is on Middle Street, about to pay a visit to the interchange.
Of course this happened to be one of the rare times I didn’t have my DSLR with me, because I’d just gone shopping with family, but even in the dull lighting the Panasonic compact SOMEHOW pulled through to get an acceptable photo! I didn’t even have a chance to alter the settings yet got minimal blurring at 1/80, and the camera auto-set itself to ISO 250, so not too grainy either. Considering the Panasonic turns 9 next year, this ain’t half bad!
Considering the selection of buses Beeston regularly gets these days, an ex-First B7TL ALX400 is far more interesting than the vast majority of them! The coincidental timing is also on-point, not only for me to have been in the right place at the right time to see it in the first place, but the fact I already had this set of photos ready to upload, that contains two other Mainline buses. It also makes up for the fact that earlier in the week I went to the A52 on two different days, looking for B7TLs etc on school work, and was left mostly disappointed.
Best thing I’ve seen since October.
6.12.24