I did just that - get multiple vantage points - when returning up here from
"down south" five years ago. I hadn't intended to, and didn't know what all
th tripods were for as we came north, but the blast of steam from under a
bridge soon put me right. There were freqent stops after that. All these
were taken within about an hour, despite the variety of weather on show:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=7063
For the cognoscenti it's a Stanier Black Five 4-6-0 leading a Gresley A4
Pacific. I suspect the driver of one was ex-Navy, as the command "Make
Smoke!" comes to mind.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Norton [mailto:ken@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 July 2013 18:16
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Steam trains running this summer
> You're right Chris. As an excursion it's completely arse about face
> for me
> - I'd have to travel away in order to come back, and then return so I
> could return. But my neighbour (and maybe some others) are planning to do
it...
> A good vantage point for pix sounds like a better plan!
Actually, you can probably get multiple vantage points. The trains don't go
all that fast and if you have a more direct path than they do, then you an
get a couple spots figured out. BTW, Google Earth (street view) is your
friend.
--
Ken Norton
ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.zone-10.com
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|