Please tell me the track is still there..

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Please tell me the track is still there..

This is the Royal Scot steam train building up a head of steam before leaving the Bridgenorth station of the Seven Valley Railway.

This is a great place for steam buffs and photographers looking for inspiration or a great pint at the pub here.

Shot at Bridgenorth in Shropshire

Converted into black and white in PSP

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Please tell me the track is still there.. by clickinhistory
Please tell me the track is still there.. by clickinhistory
  • Steve  Liptrot

    Steve Liptrot

    Great shot mate and processing. Another place for my visit list!

  • clickinhistory replied

    lol you will love it down there

  • smallfox

    smallfox

    Beautiful atmosphere and lovely grainy effect.

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks smallfox, lol that grain is pure steam and smoke, was not sure I had actually got this shot as it was so thick when I pressed the shutter

  • roybarry

    roybarry

    A fantastically evocative capture. I was hauled by The Royal Scot myself today at Llangollen-happy times!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks Roy, must actually get round to traveling on it myself one day

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    Great image and aptly titled. Pure steam and smoke! Excellent capture.

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks Jan, lol all that steam and smoke played havoc with the camera settings

  • midzing

    midzing

    fantastic image,,, love the mood,,, well done

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks as always, ps if you look at The Judas mac it made me think of you and laugh

  • anne reeskamp

    anne reeskamp

    great action picture !

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you Anne, could not believe my luck when the guy stuck his head out like this

  • Solomon Walker

    Solomon Walker

    a nostalgic photo…simple marvelous capture!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you Solomon

  • Christine  Wilson

    Christine Wilson

    really like this shot

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you Christine

  • jon  daly

    jon daly

    love it

  • clickinhistory replied

    lol thanks Jon, they tell me the driver is down to four trains a day now

  • Smudger

    Smudger

    excellent in fact bloody excellent

  • clickinhistory replied

    lol thank you Steve

  • Nanmarie

    Nanmarie

    If you ask me, he looks as though he is about to jump. Great shot… I really love this one.

  • clickinhistory replied

    It did have that look lol, thanks Nancy

  • jennypaige

    jennypaige

    wow looks like a clip from an old movie , great mood

  • clickinhistory replied

    This whole station is like stepping back into an old movie, thanks Jenny

  • Nour Kasem

    Nour Kasem

    lovely capture! great image!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks Nour

  • hologram

    hologram

    excellent shot. If anyone was going to be able to capture an image with cloudy(!) smoke like this perfectly, it would of course be your goof self !
    h.

  • clickinhistory replied

    goof? lol who’s been talking lol? Thanks h or should that be Minnie ;)

  • hologram

    hologram

    oops, sorry about that, yet another typo ;-( obviously good.
    h.

  • clickinhistory replied

    lol don’t you just love it when spell check fails because you misspelled correctly

  • JacquiK

    JacquiK

    Just love this.

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks Jacquik

  • Robert Armstrong

    Robert Armstrong

    Wonderful shot!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you Robert

  • Robert Former

    Robert Former

    brilliant shot! I know one stop on my next trip back…

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks Robert, and if there are no trains and the weather is bad, there is always the real ale lol

  • Rene Hales

    Rene Hales

    WOW! I love the steaminess and atmosphere.—Rene

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks Rene

  • Bluesrose

    Bluesrose

    brilliant movie scene!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you, it felt that way at the time

  • melissarwilson

    melissarwilson

    I agree…this looks like a movie still! Amazing shot indeed. Great title!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you and lol it really did look as if he was hoping the track was still there

  • secretagentman7

    secretagentman7

    The austere mechanical beauty of the scene is a rare sight .

  • clickinhistory replied

    thanks and yet in small places history is still being relived in the now so we can capture the feel of such times

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