57604, 43004 & 43198 Aish 5th August 2025
A returning Rail 200 cavalcade from the Derby Great Gathering near South Brent. This is the 0Z03 09.27 Derby Litchurch Lane - Laira light engine movement. I'd photographed the HST power cars going from Laira to Derby last week but 57604 had had a repaint I gather at Eastleigh and had gone in a consist from there to Derby formed of 66501 + 90018 + 70008 + 57604 + 59201. Now after its moment in the sun it's back to its usual job of failing on the Paddington - Penzance sleeper train. This is a great location but sadly a lineside bush has grown excessively in the last two years. In 2023 when I was here taking a few XC HST shots you could get the full sweep of the train. Now that possibility has gone when everything is in leaf. I'd fotted 37501 light here a few weeks back which was fine but I was a bit worried I wouldn't squeeze three engines in but I just managed. I'd been here in the field at Aish for half an hour with clouds passing over and ever changing light . It was either a sunny foreground and Brent Hill in the distance dull. Or the hill was sunny and the field dull. Or both were dull. The weather gods this time were on my side as both foreground and backdrop suddenly were bathed in sunshine just as the convoy came by. Thank you.
57604, 43004 & 43198 Aish 5th August 2025
A returning Rail 200 cavalcade from the Derby Great Gathering near South Brent. This is the 0Z03 09.27 Derby Litchurch Lane - Laira light engine movement. I'd photographed the HST power cars going from Laira to Derby last week but 57604 had had a repaint I gather at Eastleigh and had gone in a consist from there to Derby formed of 66501 + 90018 + 70008 + 57604 + 59201. Now after its moment in the sun it's back to its usual job of failing on the Paddington - Penzance sleeper train. This is a great location but sadly a lineside bush has grown excessively in the last two years. In 2023 when I was here taking a few XC HST shots you could get the full sweep of the train. Now that possibility has gone when everything is in leaf. I'd fotted 37501 light here a few weeks back which was fine but I was a bit worried I wouldn't squeeze three engines in but I just managed. I'd been here in the field at Aish for half an hour with clouds passing over and ever changing light . It was either a sunny foreground and Brent Hill in the distance dull. Or the hill was sunny and the field dull. Or both were dull. The weather gods this time were on my side as both foreground and backdrop suddenly were bathed in sunshine just as the convoy came by. Thank you.