And now... it's: Part 7 - Dawlish I (50 p.)

[Roni]

Hi,


For videos see:
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=12524


Itinerary for April 17 (part 2) and 18 (part 1):

London Kings Cross arr 20:42
London Underground to Paddington

London Paddington dep 23:45 (First Great Western GW 57 -> Penzance)

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Exeter St. Davids arr 4:16
Exeter St. Davids dep 5:40 (GW 150+153 -> Paignton)
Dawlish arr 5:55



Arrived at London Kings Cross:

Impressions with HST

And two class 91

On with the Hammersmith & City line to London Paddington:

HST at Paddington

Refurbished HST-meeting

The last HST of the day at 21:45 to Exeter, with old engine at the westbound end

The Night Riviera Sleeper to Penzance was being shunted to the platform with a class 57 at each end

But was only pulled by 57605, my coach was right behind the loco. Here the train can be seen ready for departure at Exeter St. Davids

Impression from Exeter

Finally at Dawlish

A HST in the distance

My train with class 150 and 153 leaves towards Paignton

An Adelante passes

This section will soon be underwater, I could still walk past it

At 6:22, the first train of the day from Plymouth to London Paddington via Bristol

Shortly later the next HST from Plymouth

And a class 180 Adelante as fastest morning connection Plymouth - London

Now some local traffic between Exeter and Paignton with class 150

Conclusion of part I with a sunrise impression

 

[devon_metro]

W-ow! You were at Dawlish early! I love the last one with the wave breaking

 

[Coxster]

W-ow! You were at Dawlish early! I love the last one with the wave breaking

That's just what I was about to say! More great shots Roni.

 

[Dennis]

Yet more wondrful shots and well done for taking advantage of the early hours at Dawlish to get something a bit unusual there.

 

[Kris]

Those shots are truly stunning - unbelievable.
:wav:

Some of them look like beautifully done paintings.

I'm sure that the companies would be interested in using them in their publicity and railway magazines over here would love them.

I can only aspire to take a photo 1/10th as good as these

 

[westcoaster]

excellant shots again roni, like the wave breaking as well, but my fav is of the hst's lined up at paddington.

 

[richa2002]

Great photos.

 

[Darandio]

Going to be slightly posh here but those photos are 'absolutely marvellous'. A real treat and the way the sky looks on some of those shots really adds to it.

 

[Kris]

Hi Roni, what camera settings did you use for those night pictures? I'd like to take some City pictures like that on holiday in just over a week's time.

 

[Roni]

Thanks a lot, guys!

@ Kris:
It's ISO 1600, f2,8 or 3,2, about 1/100s. However, I have quite good lenses (f2,8 throughout).

 

[Kris]

Many thanks for that Roni - I'll go off and experiment.

 

[Max]

Wow those shots are utterly fantastic! Easily magazine material there, maybe you could sell some to FGW

 

[Techniquest]

WOW! I AM impressed!

I love that wave breaking one a LOT! The one of the HST from Plymouth, the MML carriages in the formation, I love that shot so much

Some absolutely amazing photos at Paddington there, never ever seen photos using those angles before! The ones at Kings Cross are pretty amazing too!

I would be extremely proud if those were my photos, I have no photo that comes close to being that amazing.

I will have to have a look at the rest of your photos! If they are anywhere near as great as these are I'm bound to be very impressed! Keep up the extremely good work!