Buckfast to Totnes Steam Railway, Devon
A shot of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, taken not far from Beck Hole.. it was pouring down that day and you don’t have to look too closely to see the rain. I used hdr to give an effect.. something I like to do with Steam Engine shots.. it seems to take the shot back to the steam era. Taken in the North York Moors National Park. MY STEAM AND RAIL SET
I find Knaresborough station unusual position wise, leaving the station in one direction the track goes straight into a tunnel/bridge. In the other direction it has to cross a large multi arched bridge crossing a gorge/valley. The station itself seems a bit timeless, it can’t have changed much for years. / HDR used for effect. MY STEAM AND RAIL SET
During the summer high season, steam trains run from York to Scarborough. I took this shot a couple of years ago, once again with a compact camera which I tend to carry with me most of the time. I think the setting is right for this shot, the old steam train passing rows of old terraced houses. MY STEAM AND RAIL SET
This place, unusually for me, isn’t derelict but it was so nice a building i couldnt help but take a few shots of it. This is the water pumping station at Ryhope in the North East of England. This pumping station opened in 1868 and operated for 99 years providing drinking water to the Sunderland area before closing in 1967.
This is another shot of the Ryhope Pumping Station, a 140 year old water pumping station in the North East of England. It is reflected perfectly in the water still stored in it’s reservoir at the front of the building. This structure is now Grade II (starred) listed and considered to be one the finest industrial monuments the region has to offer. This site is very reminiscent of the other pumping station in the area at Dalton however this one has been renovated and is still in action today, albeit as a steam engine museum.
Another view of the Ryhope Pumping Station, a Grade II (starred) listed building in the North East of England. This lovely gothic style building hosts two 100 horsepower beam engines for pumping the water, which are even still occasionally fired up by the kind team of volunteers that now operate this site and make it available for the public to visit.
Location: Sacramento River Levee / Technique: HDR Special Thanks to Larry Butterworth for supplying this image with a more fitting Title.
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Photo taken at the Sycamore Steam Show and Threshing Bee. Sycamore – Illinois – USA Canon EOS 40D 3 RAW Images – Photomatix – Tone Mapping
Oil Painting from a photograph of Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle – Carlisle line. Apparently the engine is a Jubilee Class steam engine and the diesel following is for train heating purposes only. (So my husband tells me, I believe him.)
During my travels in six states in the past week, I finally landed in Durbin West Virginia, where I stayed with a friend of mine. This old coal steam engine depot is in her little historical town of Durbin. We finally got a chance to ride this train that soon will be reaching it’s centinial (100th) birthday in 2010. This engine is called The Durbin Rocket One of three coal steam engines actually running in the world. When we came to a short stop, I took advantage of shooting this (and yes, have quite a few shots while riding it) Something about the elderly gentleman looking at this engine remembering when he was a boy and rode trains like this enticed me to shoot it in black and white. This has not be converted, I changed settings on camera to shoot in BW, I will be adding more photos of my travels after I return from Texas this weekend. This was shot in SS priority, F-stop of 8.0, Exposure at 1/125, ISO of 400, Exposure Compensation at 0 / Best if viewed larger.
My watercolour painting from a 1906 photo of the Mauretania. Luxury liner (the fastest in the world until 1929). She’s being towed by steam tugs, out of the mouth of the river Tyne, and into the North Sea. Watercolour and gouache, 12” 8” / Poundworld 90lb watecolour paper /
This steam engine (Locomotive) resides in Enid Oklahoma. This is a composite image of two photos and various PS brushes.
Detail of a worm gear reaming mechanism on a traction engine being restored in a workshop. *Featured in Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits Group * Nikon D80. Nikkor 18-135mm. HDR
Happened to be passing Thirlmere Station in the Souchtern Highlands of NSW (Australia) around lunchtime on Sunday as the 2705 was pulling out with a full head of steam, and a load of sightseers. The Rail Museum at Thirlmere houses about 50 engines in various stages of restoration, and regularly runs these wonderfully nostalgic steam train rides. Featured in HDR Group April 09 / Featured in Out of the Past Group April 09 Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
Top 4 in a Challenge in “Old Things” group – October 6, 2009 / Top 3 in a Challenge in the group A Place to Call Home – August 16, 2009 / Featured in The Fabulous Prairies – May 18, 2009 / Featured in Canon DSLR – May 12, 2009 / Featured in Rural Around the Globe – May 12, 2009 / 231 views as of November 8, 2009 / Steam Engine #3 has returned to the Prairie Dog Central Railway! This rail ride takes you from Winnipeg to Grosse Isle, Manitoba for a 2 1/2 hour excursion. Steam Engine #3 is one of the oldest operating steam locomotives in North America. You can enjoy an unforgettable experience while your 1900-vintage passenger coach is pulled across the Prairie landscape and the locomotive whistles its way along the tracks! When my husband was still working for the Canadian National Railway, he worked on the overhaul of this old engine :-)) Matter of fact, he was offered a job with the Prairie Dog Central Railway yesterday as we watched the old steamer start up and return it’s journey to Winnipeg from Grosse Isle. Orton Effect Applied. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / http://www.pdcrailway.com/ / / Color Version /
Top 8 in a Challenge in Trains – November 14, 2009 / Featured in ImageWriting Group – May 16, 2009 / Featured in AMERICAS ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free – May 16, 2009 / Featured in DSLR Users Only – May 12, 2009 / 657 views as of November 14, 2009 / Deemed the oldest steam engine in North America, the old #3, originally built in Scotland in 1882, just returned to the rails on Sunday after a 7 year restoration project to bring it up to standards. I was lucky enough to be going through the small town of Grosse Isle, Manitoba on Sunday and stopped to get some shots. As I passed by the old steamer and it hissed at me, it was a sort of odd feeling to get out of the way. It was parked in this spot for awhile on the Prairie Dog Central Railway nostalgic train ride. I did wait till it took off back to Winnipeg and got the steam coming from it and the genuine coal smoke from its huge smoke stack. The bell on the top there is in ringing position as you can see, what a nice sound it was. / Dynamic Photo HDR; Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi; 17-85mm lens / /
Llangollen “Steam and Steel” festival, 2009. An old steamer climbs away from a station, up a steep incline.
The Castle class of the Great Western Railway were the most successful and efficent passenger express locomotives of any railway in Britain and perhaps the World. There may have been more powerful engines, or faster engines but on a day to day basis a Castle, due to its sound basic design, exacting Swindon engerneering, the Great Western’s high standard of maintenance and the skill of the footplatemen, really did deliver. Here a Castle heads an up express out of the Westcountry to the capital in a scene that could be the 1930s though to the 1950s. An oil painting like this on board or canvas 20”x30” of your favourite railway subject, British, American or even French, would cost from £1000. E-mail me on mike@transportartist.co.uk
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