Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Philip Kinlet Hall is a beauty, the class is pretty well known from the Harry Potter films - which, BTW, were partly shot at Goathland station on the NYMR. The Earl too, the Castle Class are pretty superb engines. Another one of the class, "Nunney Castle", spent quite a long time on the NYMR, also in green livery and lots of shining brass - seen here at Goathland in 2006 http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/180583-1/SteamImage5-16-Edit.jpg Cheers Douglas Philip Price wrote: > Hi Douglas, I meant to tell you, I went to the Severn Valley Autumn Gala > on Sunday but was a little disappointed it did not live up to > expectations, for me personally the only star was Kinlet Hall, it seemed > as well that people stayed away, it was very quiet. I have got a lovely > photo of Earl of Mount Edgecombe on the Shakespeare Express from three > weeks ago arriving at Tyseley, she was in spanking condition with steam to > spare. Regards Phil > > > ________________________________ > From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:27:24 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Its steam train time again- - this year's shots > > Thanks Philip, > > the day I was there the locomotives were not exactly the most > spectacular either - Sir Nigel and the Black 5s were being given a once > over in the sheds and the Schools Class "Repton" only turned up on > another day when we were in Pickering on market day - it pulled up about > 6 feet away from our table where we were having coffee - interesting > that there was a group of about 10 young ladies learning "footplate > awareness" on that day. > > I noticed this year that the Southern 825 now also has smoke deflectors > - doesn't look half as good as without - in fact, all in all the beast > is beginning to look a bit tatty. > > Best from Hannover > Douglas > > Philip Price wrote: > >> Hi Douglas, Lovely shots, a railway I still need to explore properly. I >> made the North Norfolk during our holiday at the end of August, a really >> nice railway, I loved the way the line followed the sea, before turning >> towards Sheringham. Unfortunately the motive power was not as good as I >> was hoping for. I shall be in Krefeld next week for a couple of days >> business, and will carry the camera, with the hope of finding something ! >> Regards Phil. >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Cc: cvug <cvug at cameraquest.org>; LEG <leica at freelists.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:48:11 PM >> Subject: [Leica] Its steam train time again- - this year's shots >> >> Hi all, >> >> as usual when I'm on vacation I took a day out on the North Yorkshire >> Moors Railway, a preserved line running from Whitby on the Yorkshire >> coast to the market town of Pickering on the other edge of the North York >> Moors. >> >> Here's the crop of shots taken on that day - for the technically minded, >> the digital shots are those with an MG in the filename, the rest are on >> film. >> All are displayed in black and white. >> >> Comments and criticism more than welcome: >> >> They start here: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Transport/Railways/NYMR_2008_BW/Steam_MG_0241.jpg.html >> >> Thanks in advance for taking time to take a look >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> The cameras were a Canon 20D with Canon, Zeiss and Leica lenses, a Rollei >> 3003, a Pentax P30 I found up in a charity shop in Pickering and my late >> father's Yashica T-AF (Zeiss lens). Negatives scanned on a Canon 9900F >> flatbed 24 at a time - my Nikon V ED needs servicing and a clean. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >