Mixed messages
The styling of the Deltics always appealed to me - and the distinctive sound they made, their soft tones uniquely carrying with the wind for miles.
In this winter's view D9016 Gordon Highlander is departing Leeds Central past the signal box in 1965 with a West Riding express for King's Cross. Unusually, the roller blind had failed and was, wrongly, displaying the code for a Newcastle express so oil lamps were displayed over each buffer, the old steam code for an Express Passenger. (This was actually 1E10, the 12.14pm Leeds Central-KX).
Best seen large on black.
Techy stuff: 35mm Agfa slide scan. (Replaced with a better version 27-9-12).
© Copyright Steve Banks, no unauthorised use.
Mixed messages
The styling of the Deltics always appealed to me - and the distinctive sound they made, their soft tones uniquely carrying with the wind for miles.
In this winter's view D9016 Gordon Highlander is departing Leeds Central past the signal box in 1965 with a West Riding express for King's Cross. Unusually, the roller blind had failed and was, wrongly, displaying the code for a Newcastle express so oil lamps were displayed over each buffer, the old steam code for an Express Passenger. (This was actually 1E10, the 12.14pm Leeds Central-KX).
Best seen large on black.
Techy stuff: 35mm Agfa slide scan. (Replaced with a better version 27-9-12).
© Copyright Steve Banks, no unauthorised use.