Stepping-up
DB Cargo 'Tug' 60044 powers away from Nottingham station after a centre-platform driver change while hauling the 11.04am Kingsbury Oil Terminal - Humber Refinery discharged tanks (6E54).
Couldn't resist including the step-ladders (sadly out of bounds for the photographer), nor the extensive train behind the loco. In fact the train is too long to be contained within the platform loops so it typically approaches the station with a green-light run-through, stopping only for the brief driver-swap.
Aside from the ornate ironwork, which shows up nicely on a sunny day, I was quite taken with the sun-rays beaming through the exhaust on to the platform. Probably more so than any unfortunate passengers having to ingest it.
The trip over here was to see family so I took the pocket-sized little Sony for once. Shutter response can be a bit hit and miss, but I'm still pleasantly surprised at the quality of the images it produces. After doing a few test-shots beforehand, this was set to under-expose by 2/3 stop - which just about got it right.
Best viewed full screen.
Sony DSC RX100M3
1.52pm, 20th April 2022
Stepping-up
DB Cargo 'Tug' 60044 powers away from Nottingham station after a centre-platform driver change while hauling the 11.04am Kingsbury Oil Terminal - Humber Refinery discharged tanks (6E54).
Couldn't resist including the step-ladders (sadly out of bounds for the photographer), nor the extensive train behind the loco. In fact the train is too long to be contained within the platform loops so it typically approaches the station with a green-light run-through, stopping only for the brief driver-swap.
Aside from the ornate ironwork, which shows up nicely on a sunny day, I was quite taken with the sun-rays beaming through the exhaust on to the platform. Probably more so than any unfortunate passengers having to ingest it.
The trip over here was to see family so I took the pocket-sized little Sony for once. Shutter response can be a bit hit and miss, but I'm still pleasantly surprised at the quality of the images it produces. After doing a few test-shots beforehand, this was set to under-expose by 2/3 stop - which just about got it right.
Best viewed full screen.
Sony DSC RX100M3
1.52pm, 20th April 2022