Wet night at Crewe

Reprocessed image

Ok, while uploaded 5 years ago this one has been around a bit. On the merit side however it was taken 38 years ago today in the early hours of a very cold and wet morning at Crewe station.

 

For its birthday it's been given a bit of a clean up and some brightening - the orange caste from the then sodium floodlights, for me part of the appeal, has been left unchanged. The shot entailed another drenching as it happened, this time with a tripod in tow, but in retrospect well worth it - besides what else would a callow 22 year-old get up to? (no answers needed there thanks).

 

For the record it's class 47 no. 47539 awaiting signals at Crewe North. I almost didn't bother thinking the loco would pause briefly before reversing but in fact I ended up having time to set up the tripod and a fairly long exposure before it moved off. This was just one of many loco movements through a typical Crewe night in the 70s.

 

Taken on Agfa CT18, 23 secs, f8-5.6

Nikkormat FT2, plus 105 / F2.5 lens

 

21st January 1978

Done