Saturday Night 'Three's-er 20230819--094
37175 and 37099 Merl Evans 1947-2016 power 1Q86 10.12 March Down RS - Derby RTC (via Peterborough, Lincoln, Doncaster, Lincoln and Peterborough) towards the Werrington Diveunder. Glinton Jn. is in the background.
Despite having set off from March about 40 minutes late, this time was made up by Doncaster and the return leg set off from there 11 minutes early. It was 32 early by the time it reached the Lincoln area, but lay over as booked and set off from there only 10 minutes early. But the train steadily gained time and was almost half an hour early by the time it passed Spalding...
I was concerned the shadows here might be too long at 7pm in mid-August, so went to investigate another spot near the Glinton bypass bridge, where I thought I could walk through some trees to stand beside the line and use the pole to get a similar height to the bridge (but without the trees beside the bridge getting in the way). Unfortunately, when I got there I found that, after walking through the gate, tree growth meant it was very difficult to get any further. By this time I knew the train was running early, and only just had enough time to get here - or so I thought! 1Q86 did not appear, and it soon became obvious it was waiting at the signal (out of sight) north of Glinton Jn. for a passenger train coming the other way (still some distance away); once that had passed, the 37s appeared, officially logged as 19 minutes early crossing Glinton Jn.
As can be seen, there were shadows in the cutting, including some which crossed the Up line. So I was on my way back to the car for a longer (77mm) lens (so I could shoot past them) when I realised that if I stood wider, not only could I still use a 50mm lens and capture the train before it hit the shadow without it looking too far away, but it also hid some of the shadows of the cutting itself!
Being held for several minutes north of Glinton Jn. was frustrating in that the shadows were lengthening. But it also did us a favour, as the sun was on the edge of the cloud, and the delay meant the sun emerged from the cloud and better lit the scene!
I'd also photographed 1Q86 here in the morning, when it was heading north. I'd planned to do a going-away shot (the sun angle would have been perfect - although 37099 had a taillamp on the back), and when the train left Peterborough there was a big patch of blue sky just at the right time, However, for some reason the train stopped just before Marholm Jn. (the Peterborough end of the diveunder) - it is assumed a wrong route had been set - and during that time, a big cloud blocked out the sun. Of course, it then cleared not long afterwards!
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Saturday Night 'Three's-er 20230819--094
37175 and 37099 Merl Evans 1947-2016 power 1Q86 10.12 March Down RS - Derby RTC (via Peterborough, Lincoln, Doncaster, Lincoln and Peterborough) towards the Werrington Diveunder. Glinton Jn. is in the background.
Despite having set off from March about 40 minutes late, this time was made up by Doncaster and the return leg set off from there 11 minutes early. It was 32 early by the time it reached the Lincoln area, but lay over as booked and set off from there only 10 minutes early. But the train steadily gained time and was almost half an hour early by the time it passed Spalding...
I was concerned the shadows here might be too long at 7pm in mid-August, so went to investigate another spot near the Glinton bypass bridge, where I thought I could walk through some trees to stand beside the line and use the pole to get a similar height to the bridge (but without the trees beside the bridge getting in the way). Unfortunately, when I got there I found that, after walking through the gate, tree growth meant it was very difficult to get any further. By this time I knew the train was running early, and only just had enough time to get here - or so I thought! 1Q86 did not appear, and it soon became obvious it was waiting at the signal (out of sight) north of Glinton Jn. for a passenger train coming the other way (still some distance away); once that had passed, the 37s appeared, officially logged as 19 minutes early crossing Glinton Jn.
As can be seen, there were shadows in the cutting, including some which crossed the Up line. So I was on my way back to the car for a longer (77mm) lens (so I could shoot past them) when I realised that if I stood wider, not only could I still use a 50mm lens and capture the train before it hit the shadow without it looking too far away, but it also hid some of the shadows of the cutting itself!
Being held for several minutes north of Glinton Jn. was frustrating in that the shadows were lengthening. But it also did us a favour, as the sun was on the edge of the cloud, and the delay meant the sun emerged from the cloud and better lit the scene!
I'd also photographed 1Q86 here in the morning, when it was heading north. I'd planned to do a going-away shot (the sun angle would have been perfect - although 37099 had a taillamp on the back), and when the train left Peterborough there was a big patch of blue sky just at the right time, However, for some reason the train stopped just before Marholm Jn. (the Peterborough end of the diveunder) - it is assumed a wrong route had been set - and during that time, a big cloud blocked out the sun. Of course, it then cleared not long afterwards!
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.