Converging lines
With the Azumas receiving attention for structural problems, the 30+ year old LNER class 91s have been wheeled out for an unexpected return to top-link service (or indeed any type of service) and apparently given a lick of paint and brush up, possibly in the hope that passengers won't notice.
Well, if they have sensitive backsides, they surely will notice the upholstered luxury of the Mk3 coaching stock compared to the hardcore stiffness of the Azuma seats.
In this shot LNER unit 91119 stands at Doncaster's platform 4 while the relatively new kid on the block, CAF's 3-car class 331 unit 331108, stands in the bay platform 6. Both trains are destined for Leeds: the class 91 with the fast 7.03pm ex-London Kings Cross (1D29), and the CAF unit with Northern's 9.28pm Doncaster - Leeds (2B86) stopping service. If Leeds was my destination, no prizes for guessing which one I'd be hopping aboard.
A record shot, but I did think the old and new looked good side-by-side under the station lights. And those white-edged buffers are a great touch👍
Exposure details: 1/20s @ F8, and 1,250asa.
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9.10pm, 1st December 2022
Converging lines
With the Azumas receiving attention for structural problems, the 30+ year old LNER class 91s have been wheeled out for an unexpected return to top-link service (or indeed any type of service) and apparently given a lick of paint and brush up, possibly in the hope that passengers won't notice.
Well, if they have sensitive backsides, they surely will notice the upholstered luxury of the Mk3 coaching stock compared to the hardcore stiffness of the Azuma seats.
In this shot LNER unit 91119 stands at Doncaster's platform 4 while the relatively new kid on the block, CAF's 3-car class 331 unit 331108, stands in the bay platform 6. Both trains are destined for Leeds: the class 91 with the fast 7.03pm ex-London Kings Cross (1D29), and the CAF unit with Northern's 9.28pm Doncaster - Leeds (2B86) stopping service. If Leeds was my destination, no prizes for guessing which one I'd be hopping aboard.
A record shot, but I did think the old and new looked good side-by-side under the station lights. And those white-edged buffers are a great touch👍
Exposure details: 1/20s @ F8, and 1,250asa.
Comments off, thanks.
9.10pm, 1st December 2022