A Perfect Marriage
Gresley 'A3' Pacifics were no strangers to the York to Leeds main line, so a combination of the truly splendid circa-1896 built North Eastern Railway cast iron footbridge at Garforth with one of Gresley's "Racehorces" was an opportunity too good to miss for the 'Waverley' charter from York to Carlisle via the Settle-Carlisle line on Sunday 20th August 2017. Although the angle of the sun was virtually straight down the line at this time of the day, the wind direction was perfect for this angle. I used the arch of the fabulous 1830s-built skew bridge (designed to span four tracks, but never used as such) to shield the lens from the sun, and I took a chance on sufficient light reflecting off some of the many sloping parts, a feature of the deflectored A3s, as it leaned to the high-speed curve, which it was taking full advantage of thundering beneath the stone bridge and on to Leeds and Carlisle.
(Best viewed large - full screen)
Copyright Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use any of these images without my explicit permission
More information on the architecture at Garforth can be found here:
www.railwayarchitecture.org.uk/Location/Garforth/Garforth...
(I have digitally removed several bystanders, a videographer and his tripod stood under the bridge, a salt box and a plastic rubbish sack to 'tidy up' the scene!).
A Perfect Marriage
Gresley 'A3' Pacifics were no strangers to the York to Leeds main line, so a combination of the truly splendid circa-1896 built North Eastern Railway cast iron footbridge at Garforth with one of Gresley's "Racehorces" was an opportunity too good to miss for the 'Waverley' charter from York to Carlisle via the Settle-Carlisle line on Sunday 20th August 2017. Although the angle of the sun was virtually straight down the line at this time of the day, the wind direction was perfect for this angle. I used the arch of the fabulous 1830s-built skew bridge (designed to span four tracks, but never used as such) to shield the lens from the sun, and I took a chance on sufficient light reflecting off some of the many sloping parts, a feature of the deflectored A3s, as it leaned to the high-speed curve, which it was taking full advantage of thundering beneath the stone bridge and on to Leeds and Carlisle.
(Best viewed large - full screen)
Copyright Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use any of these images without my explicit permission
More information on the architecture at Garforth can be found here:
www.railwayarchitecture.org.uk/Location/Garforth/Garforth...
(I have digitally removed several bystanders, a videographer and his tripod stood under the bridge, a salt box and a plastic rubbish sack to 'tidy up' the scene!).