Run-round - HDR Photo

Pentax K-X
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens (at 18mm)
Hoya Circular Polarizer

f/ 6.7
1/125 second
ISO-200

Pseudo-HDR created in Photomatix Pro (from 1 split-processed RAW file at -2, 0, +2 ev equivalents)

Finishing touches in Adobe Photoshop 6.0

Best viewed large!

GWR 0-6-0PT 1369 during a 'Run-round' movement at Totnes Littlehempston Station on the South Devon Railway.

The 1366 class was built for dock shunting to replace ageing Cornwall Mineral Railway locomotives.

They kept many of the features of the older locomotives including the Allan straight link valve gear. There were seven engines of the 1366 class, numbered 1366 - 1371. 1369 is the sole survivor.

1369 was completed at Swindon in February 1934 and cost £1979 plus £438 for her boiler. For much of her life, she worked at Swindon works, where she was used for shunting the extensive works facilities. In 1960, she was transferred to BR Southern Region stock to work the Weymouth Quay branch. Whilst at Weymouth, the 1366 class locomotives there were fitted with brass bells for use when traversing the tramway-style branch. 1369 still sports its bell.

In 1962, with replacement at Weymouth Docks by diesels imminent, three (1367, 1368 and 1369) were transferred to Wadebridge shed to work the Wenford Bridge china clay branch in Cornwall, replacing the former LSWR Adams well tanks of 1898 vintage. 1369 and her sisters remained in service there until 1964 when, once again, diesels ousted them from their duties.

*A run-round loop (or run-around loop) is a track arrangement that enables a locomotive to attach to the opposite end of the train. This process is known as "running round a train". It was commonly performed to haul wagons onto a siding, or at a terminal station to prepare for a return journey during the age of steam locomotives.

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Tags

•  1369 
•  run-around 
•  run round 
•  locomotive 
•  GWR 0-6-0PT 
•  Great Western Railway 
•  South Devon Railway 
•  Totnes 
•  Littlehempston 
•  HDR 
•  morpheus71 
•  Devon 
•  SDR 
•  GWR 
•  steam engine 
•  railway 
•  halcyon 
•  heritage 

 

Details

• cameraPentax K-x
• iso200
• Shooting styleHand Held
• LensPentax SMC/ DAL lens at 18mm
• Exposure(from 1 split-processed RAW file at -2, 0, +2 ev equivalents)
• SoftwarePhotomatix Pro
• Shoot numberSingle RAW File
• File formatRAW
• Notesnone

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Comments:

denfer

Nice effort.I think it is perhaps a bit too yellow?

On June 15, 2011 06:55

pecoreproduction

Nice but I agree with Denfer!!

On June 15, 2011 10:11