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TTC train driver calls All Aboard and 1,200 people did just that. 6th annual underground railroad ride to mark Emancipation Day in Canada. TTC driver leans out the window and welcomes 1,200 people aboard. Train travelled from downtown Toronto to Downsview Park nonstop arriving a a few minutes before midnight August 1st. Freedom Train
Story telling. Passing the token to the signal box from the moving train. Bure Valley Railway...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_(railway_signalling)
In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track. The token is clearly endorsed with the names of the section to which it belongs. A token system is more commonly used for single lines because of the greater risk of collision in the event of a mistake being made by a signaller or traincrew than on double lines.
Hanging off of the rear of the coach, she waits for the train to signal it is ready to leave the station.
Story telling. Passing the token to the signal box from the moving train. Bure Valley Railway...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_(railway_signalling)
In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track. The token is clearly endorsed with the names of the section to which it belongs. A token system is more commonly used for single lines because of the greater risk of collision in the event of a mistake being made by a signaller or traincrew than on double lines.
There was no narrator on this train ride. It would have been interesting to hear some background on the areas we were going through. We rode from Beddgelert to Caernarfon and back.
This short series is inspired by Mitch Epstein's work "American Power". Taken out of a moving train and focused on the nuclear power plant Gösgen-Däniken, it was my attempt to get my photography-mojo back during a flat period.
Film: Kodak Gold 200
Camera: Konica Autoreflex T3 with 50 mm 1.4 lens
Development: Fujifilm Switzerland
Digitised with a digital camera. Positive conversion, colours and levels done with Negative Lab Pro.
A view of the valley out of the train car as we come out of the first tunnel on our way to White Pass Summit and Canada.