My Top Five favourite shots of 2023 #1: 56081 Christchurch
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2023 has proven to be another very lean year, in photographic terms, due to the relentless bad weather, family life and shift work. As we rapidly approach the end of the year I thought it was time to once again reflect on some of my favourite shots of 2023 and having taken so little this year there wasn't a lot to choose from.
Yer tiz! My favourite shot of 2023 and unintentionally another 'death of the light' shot just like last years image of the Class 313 at Ford. Having been sat at home, some 15 miles west of this location and watching progress on the various apps I kind of resigned myself to the fact it probably wasn't worth heading out for this working due to the rubbish weather, or at the very least head to Branksome for a record shot (again). Then, an updated look at Sat24 revealed a hole in the cloud heading towards Christchurch, surely it was worth a go? And so I made my way here, arriving as the down train to Weymouth passed, knowing this move would be next and was only a couple of signal sections away. And thankfully the hunch paid off, not only for myself, but also for Nic Joynson who had also calculated there may be a chance. Passing in the briefest of light on 20 November 2023, under a most impressive sky is GBRf Class 56 No.56081 approaching Christchurch hauling four barrier vehicles, and 47727 trailing to the rear, running as 5O58 05:20 Leicester LIP - Bournemouth T&RSMD in the most fortunate of breaks in the cloud. The train will be used to convey South Western Railway Class 458 No.458524 to Alstom's Widnes facility for upgrade and refurbishment works.
NOTE. Taken with the aid of the camera on a pole.
My Top Five favourite shots of 2023 #1: 56081 Christchurch
To see hundreds more photographs from the 1980’s, through to today, please go to my main website:
table158photography.weebly.com/
2023 has proven to be another very lean year, in photographic terms, due to the relentless bad weather, family life and shift work. As we rapidly approach the end of the year I thought it was time to once again reflect on some of my favourite shots of 2023 and having taken so little this year there wasn't a lot to choose from.
Yer tiz! My favourite shot of 2023 and unintentionally another 'death of the light' shot just like last years image of the Class 313 at Ford. Having been sat at home, some 15 miles west of this location and watching progress on the various apps I kind of resigned myself to the fact it probably wasn't worth heading out for this working due to the rubbish weather, or at the very least head to Branksome for a record shot (again). Then, an updated look at Sat24 revealed a hole in the cloud heading towards Christchurch, surely it was worth a go? And so I made my way here, arriving as the down train to Weymouth passed, knowing this move would be next and was only a couple of signal sections away. And thankfully the hunch paid off, not only for myself, but also for Nic Joynson who had also calculated there may be a chance. Passing in the briefest of light on 20 November 2023, under a most impressive sky is GBRf Class 56 No.56081 approaching Christchurch hauling four barrier vehicles, and 47727 trailing to the rear, running as 5O58 05:20 Leicester LIP - Bournemouth T&RSMD in the most fortunate of breaks in the cloud. The train will be used to convey South Western Railway Class 458 No.458524 to Alstom's Widnes facility for upgrade and refurbishment works.
NOTE. Taken with the aid of the camera on a pole.