Bombing past the "Bombs" at Offord Cluny 20250906--047
LNER "Azuma" 801229, working 1E19 14.30 Edinburgh - King's Cross, overtakes ROMIC-owned 20007 and 20205 at Offord Cluny. The 20s are working 6M30 12.00 York Yard North - Wembley Receptions 1-7, returning coupling translator wagons and brake force runners after delivering three new class 555 EMUs for the Tyne and Wear Metro a few days previously. [Pole, 5/6 sections (~6.8m)]
6M30 had been delayed at York Yard South Jn. by over two hours, and was now running 140 minutes late. I'd already photographed it approaching Werrington Jn. (north of Peterborough), but had considered chasing it because it was booked to be looped at Conington for almost half an hour. But with it being late, I wondered if it might just keep going, or whether it might be delayed even more.
When I arrived here, I discovered that 6M30 had been held at Fletton, although it was just about to move off. It then went in at Conington for two southbound passenger trains to pass it (an LNER "Azuma" and a Grand Central "Adelante"), but it was soon on its way again. However, as it approached Huntingdon (where it was routed onto the Up Slow Line, of course), I spotted 1E19 several signal sections behind - far enough back that it wouldn't be signal checked, but close enough that it might get here at the same time...
The timing could have been a lot worse! In fact, I think the timing was perfect - this is the first frame where both 20s have run past the shadow of the OHL mast on the left, and the "Azuma" has not quite reached it. I considered using an earlier frame, where that shadow was between the 20s, but the OHL mast on the far side was sticking out of the cab roof of 20007 and the leading car of the "Azuma" had not yet cleared the shadow of the tree that's on the second car in this picture.
I was also very lucky with the light. As I drove south on the A1(M) the sun began to go behind clouds, and the very thin cloud began to thicken. The shadow definition decreased, and I increased the ISO to 1600 for a while. But then the clouds thinned and the brightness increased just at the right time - not bad lighting for 6.15pm in early September!
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Bombing past the "Bombs" at Offord Cluny 20250906--047
LNER "Azuma" 801229, working 1E19 14.30 Edinburgh - King's Cross, overtakes ROMIC-owned 20007 and 20205 at Offord Cluny. The 20s are working 6M30 12.00 York Yard North - Wembley Receptions 1-7, returning coupling translator wagons and brake force runners after delivering three new class 555 EMUs for the Tyne and Wear Metro a few days previously. [Pole, 5/6 sections (~6.8m)]
6M30 had been delayed at York Yard South Jn. by over two hours, and was now running 140 minutes late. I'd already photographed it approaching Werrington Jn. (north of Peterborough), but had considered chasing it because it was booked to be looped at Conington for almost half an hour. But with it being late, I wondered if it might just keep going, or whether it might be delayed even more.
When I arrived here, I discovered that 6M30 had been held at Fletton, although it was just about to move off. It then went in at Conington for two southbound passenger trains to pass it (an LNER "Azuma" and a Grand Central "Adelante"), but it was soon on its way again. However, as it approached Huntingdon (where it was routed onto the Up Slow Line, of course), I spotted 1E19 several signal sections behind - far enough back that it wouldn't be signal checked, but close enough that it might get here at the same time...
The timing could have been a lot worse! In fact, I think the timing was perfect - this is the first frame where both 20s have run past the shadow of the OHL mast on the left, and the "Azuma" has not quite reached it. I considered using an earlier frame, where that shadow was between the 20s, but the OHL mast on the far side was sticking out of the cab roof of 20007 and the leading car of the "Azuma" had not yet cleared the shadow of the tree that's on the second car in this picture.
I was also very lucky with the light. As I drove south on the A1(M) the sun began to go behind clouds, and the very thin cloud began to thicken. The shadow definition decreased, and I increased the ISO to 1600 for a while. But then the clouds thinned and the brightness increased just at the right time - not bad lighting for 6.15pm in early September!
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.