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Todays challenge for dailyshoot.com was "Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like! "
Of course I decided to ignore the last part about show yourself as they did make it an option
The Mendip Traction & Rolling Stock Group (MT&RSG) are the owners and operators of Class 108 Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) L231. The unit arrived at the ESR in October 2013, having previously been based at the S&D Railway Heritage Trust site nearby. It has been running a passenger service on specific dates throughout the ESR running season since the summer of 2014 but it is very much an ongoing restoration project for the group.
The owning Group is formed of several career railway staff including Drivers, Guards, and Engineers, plus other enthusiasts who have an interest in the upkeep of the unit. We have decided to incorporate several modern features into the unit's rebuild and prefer to use the term ‘a sympathetic refurbishment’, rather than ‘a restoration’, as we upgrade it while still keeping the feel of a traditional 1960's British Rail train.
The set is formed of two vehicles:
51909 which is a power car.
54271 which is a Driving trailer (basically a coach with a driving cab).
They are both BR ‘Derby Lightweight’ vehicles, so-called due to their aluminum construction (the cab and gangway ends are steel). With the implementation of BR's computerised numbering system (TOPS – Total Operating Processing System) in the 1970s, they gained the classification of Class 108, in series with other DMU types which were all in the 100-129 range.
The 108's were designed for use on short to medium distance cross country routes, rather than suburban work and therefore had only two bodyside doors per coach. When new they had luxuries such as window blinds, although these were removed later in their careers but we have found some of the parts still fitted during interior rebuild work!
51909 was built to Lot.30601, diagram DQ213 by BR at Derby in April 1960. It weighs 29 tons and is 58ft long, with a Guards/Luggage area and Second Class seating. Underneath the chassis are two B.U.T (AEC / Leyland) 680 engines delivering 150hp apiece. Each engine drives one axle on the adjacent bogie through a mechanical transmission, consisting of a 4 speed epicyclic gearbox and a final drive on the bogie. The gearbox is linked to the final drive by a large cardan shaft which has universal joints at each end and can extend on a splined shaft. Saloon heating is provided by a diesel fuelled Smiths heater, while the Driver’s heater uses waste engine heat from the cooling system.
Quick release vacuum brakes are fitted using a twin pipe system, rather than the single pipe system found on steam/diesel locomotives, as DMU's were expected to make fairly frequent but brief stops. The maximum speed of virtually all DMU cars was 70mph.
In line with most other DMU's of their time, the 108's were fitted with multiple working (Blue Square code) which allowed up to 12 cars (6 powered, plus 6 trailer) to work together under the control of a single Driver.
51909 was originally based at Toton in Nottinghamshire before transferring to Allerton (Liverpool), where it spent the whole of the 1970's, but by the late 1980's it was based at Bletchley (Buckinghamshire). 51909 was refurbished in 1979, when it had fluorescent lighting and a modernised interior fitted.
54271 (56271 when built but re-numbered upon full implementation of the TOPS system in 1983) was built to Lot.30499, diagram DS310 at Derby in February 1960. It weighs 22t and is also 58ft long and has both First and Second Class seating plus a lavatory. This vehicle is unpowered but has a cab from which a powered vehicle of the same coupling restriction (Blue Square) can be controlled.
54271 was the first of its type to be built to a revised design with a different cab layout. The destination blind is positioned in the centre windscreen rather than in the roof dome, which sports a 4 digit headcode box where the train reporting number (Headcode) could be displayed. The earlier design had only two digits in a box below the middle windscreen. This vehicle was never refurbished and retained Tungsten light fittings. When new, it was delivered to Ryecroft Depot, Walsall but transferred to Allerton by 1970, where it remained until the 1980's when it transferred to Bletchley.
The two vehicles would have operated together during their time on Merseyside but were not paired together as a set until moving to Bletchley, where one of our members remembers working on them in BR service!
The two became set L231 and remained in traffic until July 1993, finally wearing the colorful Network SouthEast livery of Blue and White, with red and grey stripes. Once withdrawn, they were stored by BR for a while before moving to secure storage at MOD Long Marston in Warwickshire. They remained here for a number of years, with the weather taking its toll, before purchase for preservation.
2010 - Day 264. Sept. 21, 2010.
Daily Shoot - Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
I'm fortunate to live in such a beautiful area. It's hard sometimes to know where to look to take it all in. I didn't take this shot while driving. As the car behind me was some distance away I stopped on the road and fired off the shot. I wish I'd thought to take my polarizing filter with me as it was fairly hazy.
dailyshoot: Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like! #ds310
Taken 17/10/20: last year when I snapped this unit one car was in green and one in blue, but now both cars are in matching blue with small yellow warning panels. It looks like numbering etc is still on the to do list, but it looks a lot smarter. I assume purists will scratch their heads at the NSE flash though!
As to the the 108s in general and L231 specifically, the ESR website fills in the gaps:
"The set is formed of two vehicles:
51909 which is a power car.
54271 which is a Driving trailer (basically a coach with a driving cab).
They are both BR ‘Derby Lightweight’ vehicles, so called due to their aluminium construction (the cab and gangway ends are steel). With the implementation of BR's computerised numbering system (TOPS – Total Operating Processing System) in the 1970's they gained the classification of Class 108, in series with other DMU types which were all in the 100-129 range.
The 108's were designed for use on short to medium distance cross country routes, rather than suburban work and therefore had only two bodyside doors per coach. When new they had luxuries such as window blinds, although these were removed later in their careers but we have found some of the parts still fitted during interior rebuild work!
51909 was built to Lot.30601, diagram DQ213 by BR at Derby in April 1960. It weighs 29 tons and is 58ft long, with a Guards/Luggage area and Second Class seating. Underneath the chassis are two B.U.T (AEC / Leyland) 680 engines delivering 150hp apiece. Each engine drives one axle on the adjacent bogie through a mechanical transmission, consisting of a 4 speed epicyclic gearbox and a final drive on the bogie. The gearbox is linked to the final drive by a large cardan shaft which has universal joints at each end and can extend on a splined shaft. Saloon heating is provided by a diesel fuelled Smiths heater, while the Driver’s heater uses waste engine heat from the cooling system.
Quick release vacuum brakes are fitted using a twin pipe system, rather than the single pipe system found on steam/diesel locomotives, as DMU's were expected to make fairly frequent but brief stops. The maximum speed of virtually all DMU cars was 70mph.
In line with most other DMU's of their time, the 108's were fitted with multiple working (Blue Square code) which allowed up to 12 cars (6 powered, plus 6 trailer) to work together under the control of a single Driver.
51909 was originally based at Toton in Nottinghamshire before transferring to Allerton (Liverpool), where it spent the whole of the 1970's, but by the late 1980's it was based at Bletchley (Buckinghamshire). 51909 was refurbished in 1979, when it had fluorescent lighting and a modernised interior fitted.
54271 (56271 when built but re-numbered upon full implementation of the TOPS system in 1983) was built to Lot.30499, diagram DS310 at Derby in February 1960. It weighs 22t and is also 58ft long and has both First and Second Class seating plus a lavatory. This vehicle is unpowered but has a cab from which a powered vehicle of the same coupling restriction (Blue Square) can be controlled.
54271 was the first of its type to be built to a revised design with a different cab layout. The destination blind is positioned in the centre windscreen rather than in the roof dome, which sports a 4 digit headcode box where the train reporting number (Headcode) could be displayed. The earlier design had only two digits in a box below the middle windscreen. This vehicle was never refurbished and retained Tungsten light fittings. When new, it was delivered to Ryecroft Depot, Walsall but transferred to Allerton by 1970, where it remained until the 1980's when it transferred to Bletchley.
The two vehicles would have operated together during their time on Merseyside but were not paired together as a set until moving to Bletchley, where one of our members remembers working on them in BR service!
The two became set L231 and remained in traffic until July 1993, finally wearing the colourful Network South East livery of Blue and White, with red and grey stripes. Once withdrawn, they were stored by BR for a while before moving to secure storage at MOD Long Marston in Warwickshire. They remained here for a number of years, with the weather taking its toll, before purchase for preservation.
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taken 09/10/19: I might as well admit I am a bit flaky on the history of the Class 108s, but Brighton as a destination doesn't feel right. As to the the 108s in general and L231 specifically, the ESR website fills in the gaps:
"The set is formed of two vehicles:
51909 which is a power car.
54271 which is a Driving trailer (basically a coach with a driving cab).
They are both BR ‘Derby Lightweight’ vehicles, so called due to their aluminium construction (the cab and gangway ends are steel). With the implementation of BR's computerised numbering system (TOPS – Total Operating Processing System) in the 1970's they gained the classification of Class 108, in series with other DMU types which were all in the 100-129 range.
The 108's were designed for use on short to medium distance cross country routes, rather than suburban work and therefore had only two bodyside doors per coach. When new they had luxuries such as window blinds, although these were removed later in their careers but we have found some of the parts still fitted during interior rebuild work!
51909 was built to Lot.30601, diagram DQ213 by BR at Derby in April 1960. It weighs 29 tons and is 58ft long, with a Guards/Luggage area and Second Class seating. Underneath the chassis are two B.U.T (AEC / Leyland) 680 engines delivering 150hp apiece. Each engine drives one axle on the adjacent bogie through a mechanical transmission, consisting of a 4 speed epicyclic gearbox and a final drive on the bogie. The gearbox is linked to the final drive by a large cardan shaft which has universal joints at each end and can extend on a splined shaft. Saloon heating is provided by a diesel fuelled Smiths heater, while the Driver’s heater uses waste engine heat from the cooling system.
Quick release vacuum brakes are fitted using a twin pipe system, rather than the single pipe system found on steam/diesel locomotives, as DMU's were expected to make fairly frequent but brief stops. The maximum speed of virtually all DMU cars was 70mph.
In line with most other DMU's of their time, the 108's were fitted with multiple working (Blue Square code) which allowed up to 12 cars (6 powered, plus 6 trailer) to work together under the control of a single Driver.
51909 was originally based at Toton in Nottinghamshire before transferring to Allerton (Liverpool), where it spent the whole of the 1970's, but by the late 1980's it was based at Bletchley (Buckinghamshire). 51909 was refurbished in 1979, when it had fluorescent lighting and a modernised interior fitted.
54271 (56271 when built but re-numbered upon full implementation of the TOPS system in 1983) was built to Lot.30499, diagram DS310 at Derby in February 1960. It weighs 22t and is also 58ft long and has both First and Second Class seating plus a lavatory. This vehicle is unpowered but has a cab from which a powered vehicle of the same coupling restriction (Blue Square) can be controlled.
54271 was the first of its type to be built to a revised design with a different cab layout. The destination blind is positioned in the centre windscreen rather than in the roof dome, which sports a 4 digit headcode box where the train reporting number (Headcode) could be displayed. The earlier design had only two digits in a box below the middle windscreen. This vehicle was never refurbished and retained Tungsten light fittings. When new, it was delivered to Ryecroft Depot, Walsall but transferred to Allerton by 1970, where it remained until the 1980's when it transferred to Bletchley.
The two vehicles would have operated together during their time on Merseyside but were not paired together as a set until moving to Bletchley, where one of our members remembers working on them in BR service!
The two became set L231 and remained in traffic until July 1993, finally wearing the colourful Network South East livery of Blue and White, with red and grey stripes. Once withdrawn, they were stored by BR for a while before moving to secure storage at MOD Long Marston in Warwickshire. They remained here for a number of years, with the weather taking its toll, before purchase for preservation.
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Taken 17/10/20: last year when I snapped this unit one car was in green and one in blue, but now both cars are in matching blue with small yellow warning panels. It looks like numbering etc is still on the to do list, but it looks a lot smarter. I assume purists will scratch their heads at the NSE flash though!
As to the the 108s in general and L231 specifically, the ESR website fills in the gaps:
"The set is formed of two vehicles:
51909 which is a power car.
54271 which is a Driving trailer (basically a coach with a driving cab).
They are both BR ‘Derby Lightweight’ vehicles, so called due to their aluminium construction (the cab and gangway ends are steel). With the implementation of BR's computerised numbering system (TOPS – Total Operating Processing System) in the 1970's they gained the classification of Class 108, in series with other DMU types which were all in the 100-129 range.
The 108's were designed for use on short to medium distance cross country routes, rather than suburban work and therefore had only two bodyside doors per coach. When new they had luxuries such as window blinds, although these were removed later in their careers but we have found some of the parts still fitted during interior rebuild work!
51909 was built to Lot.30601, diagram DQ213 by BR at Derby in April 1960. It weighs 29 tons and is 58ft long, with a Guards/Luggage area and Second Class seating. Underneath the chassis are two B.U.T (AEC / Leyland) 680 engines delivering 150hp apiece. Each engine drives one axle on the adjacent bogie through a mechanical transmission, consisting of a 4 speed epicyclic gearbox and a final drive on the bogie. The gearbox is linked to the final drive by a large cardan shaft which has universal joints at each end and can extend on a splined shaft. Saloon heating is provided by a diesel fuelled Smiths heater, while the Driver’s heater uses waste engine heat from the cooling system.
Quick release vacuum brakes are fitted using a twin pipe system, rather than the single pipe system found on steam/diesel locomotives, as DMU's were expected to make fairly frequent but brief stops. The maximum speed of virtually all DMU cars was 70mph.
In line with most other DMU's of their time, the 108's were fitted with multiple working (Blue Square code) which allowed up to 12 cars (6 powered, plus 6 trailer) to work together under the control of a single Driver.
51909 was originally based at Toton in Nottinghamshire before transferring to Allerton (Liverpool), where it spent the whole of the 1970's, but by the late 1980's it was based at Bletchley (Buckinghamshire). 51909 was refurbished in 1979, when it had fluorescent lighting and a modernised interior fitted.
54271 (56271 when built but re-numbered upon full implementation of the TOPS system in 1983) was built to Lot.30499, diagram DS310 at Derby in February 1960. It weighs 22t and is also 58ft long and has both First and Second Class seating plus a lavatory. This vehicle is unpowered but has a cab from which a powered vehicle of the same coupling restriction (Blue Square) can be controlled.
54271 was the first of its type to be built to a revised design with a different cab layout. The destination blind is positioned in the centre windscreen rather than in the roof dome, which sports a 4 digit headcode box where the train reporting number (Headcode) could be displayed. The earlier design had only two digits in a box below the middle windscreen. This vehicle was never refurbished and retained Tungsten light fittings. When new, it was delivered to Ryecroft Depot, Walsall but transferred to Allerton by 1970, where it remained until the 1980's when it transferred to Bletchley.
The two vehicles would have operated together during their time on Merseyside but were not paired together as a set until moving to Bletchley, where one of our members remembers working on them in BR service!
The two became set L231 and remained in traffic until July 1993, finally wearing the colourful Network South East livery of Blue and White, with red and grey stripes. Once withdrawn, they were stored by BR for a while before moving to secure storage at MOD Long Marston in Warwickshire. They remained here for a number of years, with the weather taking its toll, before purchase for preservation."
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Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
Daily Shoot: Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
I like the simple and modern decor of this new bar, with mirrors to expand the space, and nicely reflect lights in the evening.
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
At first I thought this looked rather busy - but it grew on me - more story. Unmade bed (had to leave before 5:30a.m. today), pictures of family, the two lamps on each side - one in the mirror, one not......warm tones. Not the most creative - but a mirror shot and some interest for me.
Topic: Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
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A note on exposure measurement... As the image in the mirror is much darker, for the proper exposure one should use spot metering exposure mode. Photos like this one are the rare example where matrix measurement will get fooled.
Get out of your "what to shoot" mood at Daily Shoot!
"Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!"
The title is a line from a Weezer tune and has some significance for me.
The Daily Shoot #310: Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
Submitted to Submitted to Monthly Scavenger Hunt Clue #6 "Available" ... LOL
It's a mirror - gosh darn I am deep - I am art - Phear the reaper man. 1/10 sec at f 4.5 / ISO800 - 36mm. Sigma 18-125mm F3.8-5.6 DC OS HSM.
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today.
Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
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Today’s Daily Shoot assignment is:
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
A simple kaleidoscope is just a tube of mirrors reflecting loose and colored objects (in this case, beads, glass shards and pieces of screen)...but it sure leads to a complex design and multiple reflective view. Naples, FL
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"Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!"
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like! #ds310
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
@dailyshoot #ds310: "Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!"
There's not enough time to experiment and optimize - I'm not really happy about the result.
#ds310 Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
love this shoppe cause their are at least 20 different sellers and each decorates beautifully and uniquely depending upon their type of offering :)
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
Today's The Daily Shoot's assignment is: "Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!"
Okay, so this is my take on today's assignment, my sunglasses act like a mirror!
"Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!"
Gowing On Rembrandt (Part 1/4) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLjuFktHK88
2/4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxFxkjRJCvM
3/4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yB_QHx8-ss
4/4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6fqslaGIZI
I often mention the innovation educating element of commiting to daily photo projects. This is how this pic was born: When I read the assignment I immediately (and only) though of some big mirror in some public place. I've got a tiny wound in my foot sole - but it being in the foot sole the pain prevents me from walking today. So I discovered what I had on hands - a pocket mirror, dried roses and a print of Rembrant bought from Museu Calouste Gulbenkian many years ago. This assignment completed like this - at home - sure makes source for more improvisation later on than my original idea. That's what innovation is all about. Sometimes you need to feel sick...
The Daily Shoot #ds310 - Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
The bus driver was walking toward the bus as I took this. She could not comprehend why I would be taking a picture of the mirror. "Whatever floats your boat" was her response :)
"Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like! "
2010/09/21: Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like! #ds310
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Got to play with our Halloween goodies today. My son took this photo of me, we had fun!
Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
I finally got out and did a few miles on my bike after school today. Before I put the bike back in the car I snapped this picture-my favorite bike jersey reflected in my helmet mirror.
#ds310: "Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!" www.dailyshoot.com/assignments/310
@dailyshoot: 2010/09/21: Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like! #ds310
I'm not really counting, just made up the title.
I guess my framing needs work... actually, cropping myself out was intentional.
Today it is raining outside the house not inside the house.
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Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like!
PS: My evil twin. :D Playing around in front of a mirror witha led flash light and long exposure. It's very hard to stay put for 20 seconds!!!
This shoot was a lot of fun playing with the reflections! Though in the end I cropped the pic so the mirror isn't evident, except that the camera you're seeing is the camera that took the shot.
010/09/21: Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today. Show yourself in the image if you'd like! #ds310