[Leica] [MUGers] Pisa at 7AM/ Recent Steam

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Hello all,

Some early morning shots of Pisa, Italy. Leica M6 + Voigtlaender 15mm.
Please don't point out the "verticals" (grin).
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image3_4_edited_2 
(Palazzo in the shade)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image4_1_edited_2 (The 
famous tower)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image3_3_edited_2 (Early 
bird and the tower)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image1_8_edited_2  
(Basilica)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image1_7_edited_2  
(Tower and Basilica)

The pictures following the above are some recent shots of steam engines 
at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
and the Middleton Railway - both in my home county of Yorkshire. Leica 
R7 or R5 various lenses.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image3_2_edited_2  One 
of the oldest preserved engines in the UK
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image2_4_edited_3  Two 
Tank engines, newly painted in original livery
British Railways and NCB (National Coal Board)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Grosmont_3_edited_4  
Engine driver receiving the token, this wire loop with a leather pouch
is a safety measure giving permission to run on a single track stretch 
of line.

Hope you like 'em
cheers
Douglas

PS the black and white shots were the only thing salvageable from a 
colour slide film that was ruined in the lab.

PPS for Jim Hemenway, and other lighthouse friends - 
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image3_1_edited_2
St Mary's Rock Lighthouse Whitley Bay/Cullercoats in Northumbria