Sigma Spirited departure

grebeman

Old Codgers Group
By way of a change on what has been a busy couple of days for old engines working the mainline I thought I'd photograph at Plymouth Station (or as I still call it North Road). My Mother was born just a few minutes walk from the other end of the station.

Anyway, to business.

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140510-DP2M0583 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr
Having worked the complete train down this morning this Western Class 52 (in itself 51 years old) takes five of the carriages back, hence lightening the load for Castle Class Earl of Mount Edgecumbe to take the rest, eight in total. The steam engine is waiting in the distance behind the vegetation on the left.

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140510-DP2M0588 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr
With the diesel gone the Earl can now back down onto its train.

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140510-DP2M0591 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr
A more spectacular departure than the diesel made

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140510-DP2M0592 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr
Smoke and steam fills the air, hence a slight haze in this shot. Those photographers on the platform possibly only photographed smoke and steam.

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140510-DP2M0593 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr
The engines looks are slightly spoilt by the double chimney, otherwise it looks in fine fettle for the non stop journey to Oxford.

All with the DP2M set to b+w mode and a yellow filter attached, some enhancement in Silver Efex


Barrie
 
I've just checked and the train arrived in Bristol Temple Meads 31 minutes early having been allowed to run through what had been scheduled as a 10 minute stop at Dawlish Warren to allow a faster train to pass, that proved not to be necessary. There has been some spirited steam running this last two days :clap2:

Barrie

However because the train was early a friend hoping to see it nearer Bristol missed it by 5 minutes, oh dear.
 
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