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Here we see SBB Re421 loco no.421388 banking an intermodal freight through Gurtnellen heading south on the afternoon of the 23/6/16. For info, 11679 and 11372 were up front pulling the freight train.
At the time of taking this image, there were very few of these class 350/4s left in this livery. Here we see 350407 & 350405 passing Shap Beck in Cumbria on the evening of the 26/5/17 with the 16:00 service from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh (1S75)
Photo taken at Bruce Grove Station in Tottenham on the 02-02-1975 which it seems was a bit of a misty murky day. Class 305 EMU.
Taken on a Praktica Super TL camera with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 lens, Ilford film. Digitised with my DSLR.
SBB Re4/4 loco no.11193 makes the climb out of Erstfeld on the Gotthard North Ramp with an extra service heading south towards Goschenen and beyond on the afternoon of the 22/8/15
Privately owned loco 1110 524 waits to depart from Schwarzach St-Veit with the Schnee Express ski train to Hamburg on the evening of the 2/2/19.
Here we see 90029 on the blocks of London Kings Cross after working the 18:03 returning charter from Durham, which operated as 1Y50. The train was photographed in London on the evening of the 31/8/19. For info, 66149 could be found on the other end, which dragged the stock to Hornsey.
Photo taken at St. Margarets Station (for Stanstead Abbotts) Hertfordshire on the 29-03-1975.
The Buntingford Line bay platform track is still in place in the photos but the edge of the platform is fenced off.
Taken on a Praktica Super TL camera with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 lens, Ilford film. Digitised with my DSLR.
Catching me by total surprise, but thankfully the camera was still round my neck. Here we see newbie locomotive 181001 working a petroleum train through Isaszeg station on the afternoon of the 3/9/23 enroute towards Goedoelloe and beyond.
Looks like the driver was pleased to see me!
On Saturday 3rd November 2018, the first class 90 working on the Blackpool North line took place. Here we see DB Cargo loco 90029 working the 09:00 UKR charter from Euston to Blackpool North (1Z78) photographed on the outskirts of Kirkham and Wesham on the newly electrified route.
For info, 67005 was dead on the rear (DOR) of this consist.
Greater Anglia loco 90008 was captured crossing Cattawade in Manningtree on the sunny winter morning of the 9/12/17 with the 09:30 Norwich to London (1P25)
Here we see OBB electric multiple unit 4024 011 working a regional service to Freilassing on the morning of the 30/12/16 in Pfarrwerfen
Triple 81 class EMD cab units worked the first division of the empty garbage train from Crisp's Creek Siding near Tarago, back to Sydney.
Seen dropping quietly into Aylmerton, north of Mittagong.
AKN Bo'2'Bo diesel multiple unit no.2.65.1 terminates at Elmshorn station in north Germany not far from Hamburg on the afternoon of the 21/6/16
Photo taken from a distance near Hornsey Depot and Ferme Park Sidings sometime in 1975. Class 31 Loco.
Taken on a Praktica Super TL camera with a 135mm telephoto lens (possibly a Chinon), Ilford film. Digitised with my DSLR.
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Ribblehead Viaduct, Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire
This image was taken a couple of months back after a full day around the amazing Ribblehead Viaduct and neighbouring waterfalls. We were heading back to the car and was about to put camera gear in the boot when I just looked back and had to take this image. I quickly got my camera back out of my bag and took a couple of images then in the distance I heard a train leaving Ribblehead station, so just waited a couple of minutes and got this image. Really happy with this image as I feel it captures everything about Ribblehead and its viaduct. One thing that I never noticed until I post processed the image is the mist appearing just behind the viaduct. It had a been a very warm day but the temperature did drop quite quick hence the mist.
Really can't wait to go back here during my next time up North.
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Ribblehead Viaduct is a railway viaduct across the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England, 28 miles (45 km) north west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south east of Kendal. The viaduct is a Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Ribblehead viaduct is 440 yards (400 m) long, and 104 feet (32 m) above the valley floor at its highest point. It is made up of twenty-four arches of 45 feet (14 m) span, with foundations 25 feet (7.6 m) deep. The north end of the viaduct is 13 feet (4.0 m) higher in elevation than the south end. 1.5 million bricks were used in the construction and some of the limestone blocks weighed 8 tons each.
It was designed by the engineer John Sydney Crossley. The first stone was laid on 12 October 1870 and the last in 1874. One thousand Navvies building the viaduct established shanty towns on the moors for themselves and their families. They named the towns after victories of the Crimean War, sarcastically for posh districts of London, and Biblical names. There were smallpox epidemics and deaths from industrial accidents; meaning that the church graveyard at Chapel-le-Dale had to be extended. One hundred navvies were killed during the construction of the viaduct.
In 1964, several brand new cars being carried on a freight train that was crossing the viaduct were blown off the wagons they were being carried upon and landed on the ground by the viaduct.
It is the longest and most famous viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. Ribblehead railway station is located less than half a mile to the south of the viaduct. Just to the north of it is the Blea Moor Tunnel, the longest tunnel on the Settle-Carlisle Line. It is located near the foot of the mountain of Whernside. The viaduct is curved, and so may be seen by passengers on the train.
The Settle-Carlisle line is one of three north-south main lines; along with the West Coast Main Line through Penrith and the East Coast Main Line via Newcastle. British Rail attempted to close the line in the 1980s, citing the reason that the viaduct was unsafe and would be expensive to repair. A partial solution was to single the line across the viaduct in 1985, preventing two trains from crossing simultaneously. The closure proposals generated tremendous protest and were eventually retracted. The viaduct, along with the rest of the line, was repaired and maintained and there are no longer any plans to close it.
With the prospect of full sun, a special emergency trip was made to the Seven Valley Railway on the 6/9/25 to capture the visiting GBRf locomotives on the various services.
Here we see GBRf locomotive 69015 (formerlly 56009) working the 08:45 service from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth on the morning of the 6/9/25. The unexpected dull and windy conditions impacted on the quality of this image
*As a non-driver, this spot was accessed following a 10 mile cycle ride from Kidderminster station*
**For information, 57305 was on the rear of this consist**
An artistic image of BLS loco 425193 in a autumn setting waiting to depart from Kandersteg on the afternoon of the 30/8/17 with the 12:35 service to Goppenstein.
Broken Hill Trip - Day 4
The iconic "Indian Pacific", being hauled by Pacific National loco NR29 with G530, in Broken Hill, Outback NSW Australia, after arriving from Sydney at 6am 28 June 2018 on its way to Perth WA. Passengers disembark for a choice of 3 off-train excursions to local galleries or similar for approx 2 hours before continuing on westward towards Perth, Western Australia.
"The Indian Pacific is an Australian passenger rail service that operates between Sydney, on the Pacific Ocean, and Perth, on the Indian Ocean. It is one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world. The train first ran in February 1970 after the completion of gauge conversion projects in South and Western Australia.
The train's route includes the world's longest straight stretch of railway track, a 478-kilometre (297 mi) stretch of the Trans-Australian Railway over the Nullarbor Plain.
The service was originally operated jointly by the New South Wales Government Railways, South Australian Railways, Commonwealth Railways and Western Australian Government Railways, until February 1993 when Australian National took full ownership. In October 1997, the Indian Pacific was sold to Great Southern Rail.
A one-way trip takes between 70.5 and 75 hours, depending on scheduling and daylight saving periods. The train currently has two classes, branded as Platinum and Gold Service. A motorail service conveys passengers' motor vehicles between Adelaide and Perth."
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Angel Underground Station Platform, London, England
Another photo from my latest photo walk around the epic London. This was another passing through a station image that I took. I was on the previous train to this one in this photo and looked out of the door when we were in the platform and looked up seeing these sweeping curves of the roof and the really wide platform so of I hopped. It seems quite common that the Northern Line has quite wide platforms compared to other lines on the network, not sure why though.
I lined up my image before the train pulled in as I knew I wouldn't have much time to take it and get the effect that I wanted and almost got what I wanted. The only thing that I am disappointed with is that I managed to chop a bit off the door as the train pulled out, oh well as all photographers know you can't win them all can you? :-)
On leaving this station it made me think that the London Underground is such a amazing bit of engineering and how many passengers it must carry everyday must be phenomenal and without it London would grind to a half, hence the name of this image :-)
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Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line, between Old Street and King's Cross St. Pancras stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The tube stop serves as a portal to several Off West End, or fringe theatre, venues, including The King's Head Theatre and Almeida Theatre. It is also the station for Chapel Market, a London street market. Between Angel and Old Street stations is the disused City Road station.
Angel station was originally built by the City & South London Railway, and opened in 1901 as the northern terminus of a new extension from Moorgate. It is one of five stations on the London Underground named after a public house - in this case the once-famous Angel inn, which dates back to at least 1638. (The other stations are Elephant & Castle, Manor House, Royal Oak and Swiss Cottage.) As with many other stations on the line, it was originally built with a single central island platform serving two tracks – an arrangement still seen at Clapham North and Clapham Common – and access from street level was via lifts. The most recent lifts were of the Otis "drum hoist" design used throughout the rest of the tube system, but were of about half the size. For years, the station regularly suffered from congestion,overcrowding and genuine fear in passengers due to the incredibly narrow island platform (barely twelve feet in width), which therefore constituted a major safety issue. Consequently, the station was comprehensively rebuilt, re-opening in 1992.
A new section of tunnel was excavated for a new northbound platform and the southbound platform was rebuilt to completely occupy the original 30-foot tunnel, explaining why it is larger than most deep-level platforms. The lifts and the ground level building originally on the corner of Torrens Street and City Road were closed and a new station entrance was opened around the corner in Islington High Street. Because of the distance of the new entrance from the platforms, and their depth, two flights of escalators were required aligned approximately at a right-angle.
Experimental shot - Here we see Greater Anglia loco 90002 on the approach to Stowmarket on the afternoon of the 20/4/19 with the 13:00 Norwich to Liverpool Street (1P39).
Seen here at Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum Complex in Broken Hill NSW.
"This train commenced operations between Broken Hill and Parkes on 27 September 1937. It was the first fully air-conditioned diesel powered train in the British Empire. It was donated to this museum by the NSW State Rail Authority in 1989 after completing 52 years of service. Power van DP 101 was the first of five built in the NSW railway workshops at Eveleigh in 1937. Richie Bros of Auburn, NSW, built 12 air-conditioned passenger cars of which three are preserved here.
As built in 1937, the power van was fitted with two Harland and Wolf, 8-cylinder diesel engines of 246 kW at 1200 revs. Power was transmitted through a Voith Sinclair turbo transmission, step-up gearbox and final drive on the inner axle of each bogie, giving a top speed of 130 kph. Two National diesel generator sets provided for auxiliary power, train lighting and electric kitchen.
THe power vans were refitted in the early 1950's with four GM 6-110 diesel engines of 186 kW, giving a total of 744 kW for traction. These were arranged in two banks of two, driving a GM torque converter through a step-up gearbox and original final drive. Auxiliary power is supplied by two standard Waygood GM generator sets of 50 kW at 120 volts.
DP101
Last in service - November 1989
Engine weitht as rebuilt - 70 tons
Length over couplers - 62.5 feet"
Source: Information Signboard.
More info can be found at the links below, or elsewhere by your own enquiries:
- www.railmotorsociety.org.au/rm/rm_0100_frame.htm
On New Years Eve, OBB Taurus loco's 1116 253 (front) and 1116 112 (rear) were captured making the climb to Faak Am See and beyond on the afternoon of the 31/12/16. This location was a new spot for me and is on the line out of Villach towards the Slovenian border.
Once a regular visitor to this part of the world, but now quite rare. Here we see Freightliner loco 90045 waiting to depart from Stockport with 0Z47 to Bescot and Rugby via Macclesfield with a driver route learning run. The 90 came in from Crewe after travelling via Stoke and Macclesfield.
A pair of DB class 185 locomotives (185093 front) and (185091 rear) were captured on the high level at Wassen on the afternoon of the 24/6/16. This was my first visit to this high vantage point
OBB Taurus 1016 013 passes through the valley of Kirchberg in Tirol on the afternoon of the 31/1/15 with a unknown IC/EC service heading towards Graz.
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Bermondsey Underground Station, London, England
Another image from my current favourite station at the moment. This was located at the end of one of the platforms where no one seemed to congregate when waiting for trains. I am not sure if its the slight claustrophobic nature of this part of the platform that make people avoid this area or the fact it only goes down to a fire escape, I suppose I won't know but I felt it made a great image. What caught my eye mainly was the symmetrical nature but also the reflections in the platform barriers, if there was a train there I don't think it would have worked as well hence no train.
In other news I will be visiting Bristol soon, any tips or recommendations on places I should go and take images of while I am there?
Hope you are all having a good week so far and again will catch up with your photostreams today.
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Bermondsey tube station is a London Underground station. It is situated in the eastern part of Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark, and so also serves the western part of Rotherhithe.
The station itself was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects and was originally intended to have a multi-storey office building sitting on top. London Underground have yet to realise this second phase of the scheme.
It is on the Jubilee Line, having been built as part of the Jubilee Line Extension between London Bridge and Canada Water stations. It is notable for its extensive use of natural light. The main station entrance is situated on the south side of Jamaica Road. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The station was opened on 17 September 1999.
Like its extension counterparts, Bermondsey station was designed with a futuristic style in mind by Ian Ritchie Architects. Extensively using natural light, it is built in both a cut-and-cover and tube design. The cut-and-cover section is supported by latticed concrete beams allowing light to penetrate to the platform level. The escalators down to this area are lined by flat concrete with a high ceiling to give a feeling of spaciousness. The bored section is encased with metal to keep in line the futuristic and metallic theme of the extension. As with all other deep level stations on the Jubilee Line Extension, Bermondsey station has platform edge doors for passenger safety and comfort.
DB Cargo class 90 no.90036 rests on the blocks of platform 6 at Leeds after working 1D02 from London Kings Cross on the morning of the 20/1/17
Photo taken at St. Margarets Station (for Stanstead Abbotts) Hertfordshire on the 29-03-1975. Class 308 EMU.
The Buntingford Line bay platform track is still in place in the photos but the edge of the platform is fenced off.
Taken on a Praktica Super TL camera with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 lens, Ilford film. Digitised with my DSLR.
Following fresh snow fall the previous day on the upper sections of the Brennerbahn, here we see Akiem and Lokomotion locomotives 193 403 (front) and 189 918 (rear) pass through Gries am Brenner on Valentines Day afternoon 14/2/25 with a loaded intermodal enroute towards Brenner and beyond during a very brief sunny period.
Here we see Traxx locomotives operated by Railpool 187 300 (front) and Lokomotion 186 443 (rear) pass through Gries am Brenner on leap year day 2024 enroute towards Brenner and beyond. Pity the lokomotion lok was not leading the train!
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After my 2nd night in Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon, and also formerly the capital of Myanmar), I found myself standing on the Asia Plaza Hotel's rooftop. A modest hotel by all accounts, my 2nd night was far better than the first. Arriving late at night, my first night brought me the surprise of having a hotel employee walk right into my room at 1am, without knocking no less. What. The. Hell?!
To kind of add a bit of sugar on top, 30-45 mins later, I found myself digging my flashlight out of my bag after the power went out. In the end, it was just a blown fuse, but required me to head down to the lobby and wake up the staff to get assistance. Not a great start for your first night in a foreign country. Did I mention that I had my drone confiscated at the airport too? Well, yeah, so drone confiscated (to be returned upon my departure), stranger bursting in door, and a blown fuse within the span of a few hours. Hello Burma!
Fast forward two mornings later, and it's up and at 'em in the morning to take some pictures from the hotel rooftop before settling down for some buffet breakfast. I believe the western option highlighted the European delicacy of white bread with butter. It'd be an Burmese buffet breakfast for me - noodles and meat.
The view though, for such a modest hotel, was really quite arresting. The Yangon Central Railway Station, the largest in all of Myanmar, was just a short walk away. Over the years, taking these trains has become a bit of a tourist attraction in their own right. I found it to be overall an experience worthy of an hour or so of your time. Such a huge part of photography in Southeast Asia are the beautiful opportunities presented before you when just walking the streets and seeing the daily lives of people. The train, is an extension of this. A great chance to see another side of Burma.
Far in the distance, on the left-hand side, you might notice a golden pagoda breaking the skyline. It is the grandest pagoda in all of Burma, the famous and most sacred Shwedagon Pagoda. It's one of those "must visit" destinations on any itinerary to Burma. Small note about visiting the pagodas, stupas and temples of Burma - unlike some other countries, in Burma you must remove your shoes/socks before entering. Be prepared to do a lot of barefoot walking around when visiting the country.
With the sunrise breaking, and the city coming to life, it's time to get out and explore.
Blogged: www.aisleseatplease.com/blog/2016/5/23/awakening-in-yangon
SBB freight loco Ge6/6 no.11614 pauses at Ziegelbruckie with a mixed train on the morning of the 4/2/15. For info SBB shunter 923 022 is stabled behind the Ge6/6.
Saturday, 28 June 2014
2606/15 + 2605/16 crosses the causeway to Harper's Island with the 0630hrs commuter service from Cobh to Cork.
The Slatty Viaduct can be seen on the left with Fota Island in the background.
© Finbarr O'Neill
Canberra's restored 4+6+4-4+6+4 Beyer-Garratt DC6029 today undertook a wagon transfer from Canberra to Thirlmere's Rail Museum. It is seen here picking up an extra three cars from Goulburn's CFCLA workshop facility, and departing from Goulburn with the mixed set of carriages.
No 1051
San Francisco Municipal Railway (1960s)
Built 1948 • Operational • Tribute livery
All of San Francisco’s vintage streetcars have interesting histories, but No. 1051 has been adding to its legacy in recent years.
While this was originally a Philadelphia streetcar, it, like No. 1050, was painted in a Muni livery when it joined the San Francisco fleet to open the F-line in 1995. To be specific, it’s painted in the “simplified” green and cream livery that supplanted the famous “Wings” seen on several streetcars in the historic fleet.
The change came after Muni started putting large ads on the sides of its PCCs around 1960 to generate more revenue. These covered up parts of the Wings motif. So, starting in 1963, repainted streetcars sported a simpler cream band running along the side panels of the car. This streetcar is painted in tribute to that scheme.
Many of Muni’s PCCs escaped the simplified scheme, running in their (fading) Wings to the end of their original service life in 1982. For a brief time, at the end of the 1970s, there were four paint schemes on Muni’s PCCs. Eleven streetcars acquired third-hand from Toronto in 1974 had their lower half repainted a dark red and adorned with Muni’s short-lived ribbon logo, modeled after the end of the California Street cable cars. The rest of the car stayed with the Toronto livery. And 30 Muni PCCs were repainted in 1978-79
Running around 35 minutes late, here we see Colas Rail locomotive 37116 working 3Q85 from Derby RTC to Derby RTC via Merseyside, Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire on the cold and frosty morning of the 25/11/23.
Fortunately enough the train was paused at a signal waiting for the road when this shot was taken on the footbridge at Stenson Jn in Findern.