Steam Trains at Rawtenstall

[Ryewolf]

I decided to go and watch the steam trains at Rawtenstall for an hour or so. The weather was pretty grey and drizzly, but at least the rain held off.

#1 WD75008 Swiftsure

 

 

#2 WD132 Sapper

 

 

#3 WD132 Sapper

 

[JHFoto]

Nice, I love steam engines.............

[ChrisLumix]

Lovely.

 

The chimney in 1. would normally add to the atmosphere, but its positioning is not strong - I'd have been tempted to either clone it out or move it.

[Ryewolf]

Thanks JHF and Chris. I hadn't thought about the chimney - it's such a dominant part of the sky line it's hard to avoid. I actually did get a closer shot of the train ariving where the smoke covers it. I did have to scarifice the lamposts on the platform and the sense of curve in the track.... but here it is... again a mono version

 

[ChrisLumix]

Thanks JHF and Chris. I hadn't thought about the chimney - it's such a dominant part of the sky line it's hard to avoid. I actually did get a closer shot of the train ariving where the smoke covers it. I did have to scarifice the lamposts on the platform and the sense of curve in the track.... but here it is... again a mono version

 

Easy enough to clone out the top of it, i.e. above the smoke plume.

[THELONGMAN]

Good set Ryewolf, I like #1, the old train, the steam and the factory chimney give it a timeless industrial feel,

 

Geoff

[Ryewolf]

Thanks for the comments, I probably could have used the smoke in the last image and cloned it over the top. I never thought of that or maybe have cropped the top off...

 

Anyway some more from the East Lancs Railway, this time taken at Ramsbottom. (They do a 1940's weekend every year - this year it's the 23rd-25th May)

 

# 1 Loco 13065 at Ramsbottom Station

 

 

# 2 Loco 13065 Leaving Ramsbottom Station for Rawtenstall

 

[ChrisLumix]

Pffft, where's the technical data?

 

 

Well? Is it a 2-8-2 or a 4-6-2?

[Ryewolf]

Apparently it's a 2-6-0 built in 1927

[Mitch]

Love the mono versions.... I tried shooting steam trains once but just can't seem to do them justice.

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Mitch, I think these were the first few I'd taken of steam trains, so I was sorta making up it as I went along.