Class 205 3H "Hampshire" DEMU 205018 seen here approaching Southampton
Memories of the fine art of Vac bashing
Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many, many happy hours with my friends riding the rails behind the mighty 'Hoovers' or Class 50s. As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)
In between Vac moves between Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour - Southampton, I pointed my camera at a few other workings to pass the time... π
Here we see one of the old Hampshire 3H units 205018 (ex 1118) with DMBS S60117 leading, arriving from Salisbury in the west. These venerable DEMUs operated from the 1960s right through to the end of the 1980s, on local stopping services around Hampshire and Berkshire mainly.
The black inverted triangle on the cab front end was used on the Southern Region to indicate which end of a unit had the guard's compo :)
Taken with a Nikon F-501 SLR camera and 75-200mm zoom lens, using Kodak Ektachrome EC100 (ASA100) slide film. Ektachrome exposures were particularly tricky and not as pleasing as Kodachrome 64 π Scanned from the original transparency with no digital restoration
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
Class 205 3H "Hampshire" DEMU 205018 seen here approaching Southampton
Memories of the fine art of Vac bashing
Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many, many happy hours with my friends riding the rails behind the mighty 'Hoovers' or Class 50s. As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)
In between Vac moves between Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour - Southampton, I pointed my camera at a few other workings to pass the time... π
Here we see one of the old Hampshire 3H units 205018 (ex 1118) with DMBS S60117 leading, arriving from Salisbury in the west. These venerable DEMUs operated from the 1960s right through to the end of the 1980s, on local stopping services around Hampshire and Berkshire mainly.
The black inverted triangle on the cab front end was used on the Southern Region to indicate which end of a unit had the guard's compo :)
Taken with a Nikon F-501 SLR camera and 75-200mm zoom lens, using Kodak Ektachrome EC100 (ASA100) slide film. Ektachrome exposures were particularly tricky and not as pleasing as Kodachrome 64 π Scanned from the original transparency with no digital restoration
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/