Views in Camera
Return to the area of 'Flying Scotsman' at Brightside & Atlas - 1228
* Atlas
But on a lighter note.. everyone in the locale appeared perfectly pleased with the performance, earlier at around mid-day, even though it was then 25mins down on time. Here, in this dramatic picture with the clouds gathered, and enhanced a bit as well!, and a few folk turning up at the last minute, a pair at _the_ very last second, 60103 heads towards the Mill Race bridge with a fine view for the passengers of the Sanderson Weir at the other side as it passes through some very iconic ex-industrial landscape, once home, on this side of the tracks, to the extensive 'Atlas Steel & Iron Works', the 'Bessemer Steel Works, the 'Norfolk Steel & Iron Works', the 'Carlisle Steel & Iron Works' & the 'Cyclops Steel & Iron Works'. Form all this, its not difficult to spot what went on in these parts, and the total land devoted to this type of business was far more extensive than these; hardly surprising with the rich iron ore, coal and rail connections in the locality... but now a complete, pale shadow of its former self. In some ways, 60103 passing through here, looking as it does with the WCRC coaches and with a great head of stem, brings back, in just some very small measure, what the scene would have looked like here; the signal gives things away a bit though! 'Scotsman' is on the return 'Great Britain XII Charter Tour', 1Z31, which was York to Paddington Station, but for reasons explained more fully in the last picture, it only got as far as Reading. The last time 60103 was in the area, and photographed by me, was at Treeton, on September 26th, 2017, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/36623712744/
hauling a single WCRC coach up from Barrow Hill to the National Railway Museum in York and, before that, at Masbrough taken on July 1st, 2017, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/34889295173/
and again at Masbrough, on June 25th, 2016, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/27319311813/
seen in much more dramatic looking conditions, though this was partially processed for this sort of HDR effect. Today's shot is as you see it with possibly other steam-heating connectors looking o be leaking on the 1st and second coaches, at both front and back..
Return to the area of 'Flying Scotsman' at Brightside & Atlas - 1228
* Atlas
But on a lighter note.. everyone in the locale appeared perfectly pleased with the performance, earlier at around mid-day, even though it was then 25mins down on time. Here, in this dramatic picture with the clouds gathered, and enhanced a bit as well!, and a few folk turning up at the last minute, a pair at _the_ very last second, 60103 heads towards the Mill Race bridge with a fine view for the passengers of the Sanderson Weir at the other side as it passes through some very iconic ex-industrial landscape, once home, on this side of the tracks, to the extensive 'Atlas Steel & Iron Works', the 'Bessemer Steel Works, the 'Norfolk Steel & Iron Works', the 'Carlisle Steel & Iron Works' & the 'Cyclops Steel & Iron Works'. Form all this, its not difficult to spot what went on in these parts, and the total land devoted to this type of business was far more extensive than these; hardly surprising with the rich iron ore, coal and rail connections in the locality... but now a complete, pale shadow of its former self. In some ways, 60103 passing through here, looking as it does with the WCRC coaches and with a great head of stem, brings back, in just some very small measure, what the scene would have looked like here; the signal gives things away a bit though! 'Scotsman' is on the return 'Great Britain XII Charter Tour', 1Z31, which was York to Paddington Station, but for reasons explained more fully in the last picture, it only got as far as Reading. The last time 60103 was in the area, and photographed by me, was at Treeton, on September 26th, 2017, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/36623712744/
hauling a single WCRC coach up from Barrow Hill to the National Railway Museum in York and, before that, at Masbrough taken on July 1st, 2017, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/34889295173/
and again at Masbrough, on June 25th, 2016, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/27319311813/
seen in much more dramatic looking conditions, though this was partially processed for this sort of HDR effect. Today's shot is as you see it with possibly other steam-heating connectors looking o be leaking on the 1st and second coaches, at both front and back..