Needles and Pinza
An image originally uploaded 11 years ago, and which has been through some serious restorative efforts in the digital darkroom to remove the very obvious grain, black spots, and generally give it a bit more oomph. The result probably won't please everyone, but personally I think it does justice to what is an iconic locomotive class.
The original commentary below might put things in perspective a bit better - the upload from 11 years ago has been deleted.
Original Commentary
Not one I'd normally bother to upload but this is the only shot I've found so far of 55007 'Pinza' and handily completes the new Deltic album 'The Iconic 22' which captures the whole class in number order. The locomotive is seen here powering north through Finsbury Park working the 11.25 London Kings Cross - Harrogate (1L13) on a dismal winter day in early 1978.
The shot started life as a vertical image but got cropped to give a more pleasing composition. Taken on 50asa film it would have been snapped at pretty well full aperture so, even after a restorative spell in PS, it's still a bit rough in parts.
Thanks as always to the excellent napier-chronicles.co.uk for train info.
Title inspired by living through the 60s. Folk of a certain age will know what I mean.
Agfa CT18
18th February 1978
Needles and Pinza
An image originally uploaded 11 years ago, and which has been through some serious restorative efforts in the digital darkroom to remove the very obvious grain, black spots, and generally give it a bit more oomph. The result probably won't please everyone, but personally I think it does justice to what is an iconic locomotive class.
The original commentary below might put things in perspective a bit better - the upload from 11 years ago has been deleted.
Original Commentary
Not one I'd normally bother to upload but this is the only shot I've found so far of 55007 'Pinza' and handily completes the new Deltic album 'The Iconic 22' which captures the whole class in number order. The locomotive is seen here powering north through Finsbury Park working the 11.25 London Kings Cross - Harrogate (1L13) on a dismal winter day in early 1978.
The shot started life as a vertical image but got cropped to give a more pleasing composition. Taken on 50asa film it would have been snapped at pretty well full aperture so, even after a restorative spell in PS, it's still a bit rough in parts.
Thanks as always to the excellent napier-chronicles.co.uk for train info.
Title inspired by living through the 60s. Folk of a certain age will know what I mean.
Agfa CT18
18th February 1978