Widnes, Carterhouse Junction, 37686 & 37689 6F37 (Peak Forest - Carterhouse Peakstone) September 9th 1988.
With the sun rising at 06.45, Railfreight red stripe liveried 37686 & 37689 skirt the Sankey Canal after passing Fiddlers Ferry Power station with the loaded Peak Forest - Carterhouse Peakstone.
* A picture I had in mind for a long time but the conditions had to be right. I had been called out to a fault in Warrington Telephone Exchange which I had cleared by 06.20 and as I walked out into the car park they were rumbling past Arpley Jct box. The sky was clear and no wind, question was could I beat it to Carterhouse? A clear road through Penketh and Cuerdley Cross to park up on Tanhouse Lane ... and yes I did have my camera in the boot!
A sprint past the Paraquat plant to the crossing by the box and onto the swing bridge. The 37's had passed Fiddlers Ferry and the headlights were glowing, question was how do I expose for this? (no chimping in those days) The Canon F1 had a reliable spot meter and I got a reading from the cooling towers 125th F2.8 ... no time to change my mind they were on me, press the shutter once (no multi-shot) and that was it. The roll was processed by Kodak at Hemel Hemptead and was back several days later and yes, result, a valued image was recorded.
Widnes, Carterhouse Junction, 37686 & 37689 6F37 (Peak Forest - Carterhouse Peakstone) September 9th 1988.
With the sun rising at 06.45, Railfreight red stripe liveried 37686 & 37689 skirt the Sankey Canal after passing Fiddlers Ferry Power station with the loaded Peak Forest - Carterhouse Peakstone.
* A picture I had in mind for a long time but the conditions had to be right. I had been called out to a fault in Warrington Telephone Exchange which I had cleared by 06.20 and as I walked out into the car park they were rumbling past Arpley Jct box. The sky was clear and no wind, question was could I beat it to Carterhouse? A clear road through Penketh and Cuerdley Cross to park up on Tanhouse Lane ... and yes I did have my camera in the boot!
A sprint past the Paraquat plant to the crossing by the box and onto the swing bridge. The 37's had passed Fiddlers Ferry and the headlights were glowing, question was how do I expose for this? (no chimping in those days) The Canon F1 had a reliable spot meter and I got a reading from the cooling towers 125th F2.8 ... no time to change my mind they were on me, press the shutter once (no multi-shot) and that was it. The roll was processed by Kodak at Hemel Hemptead and was back several days later and yes, result, a valued image was recorded.