Tanfield Railway

[John King]

Three from a couple of years ago and never got around to printing them all 10x8 on Ilford MG5 Film was Kentmere 100 dev in ID11 1-1 The yard was the sort of place that keeps giving I used to volunteer her but gave up over 2 yrs ago and since then they have tightened up who is allowed to wander around the yard so not been back since

 

[Glenn]

Nice pics. That's one clean and tidy engine shed.

 

[John King]

It had just been refurbished. The floor was all pitted from the over 150 yrs use before that and the concrete hard standing was on the point of collapsing into the inspection pits. It is a bit scruffier now. but still quite tidy compared to what it was before. They even have proper smoke extractor hoods over where they park the engines after working

 

[Glenn]

That's a lot of effort. Nice job by the looks.

 

[John King]

Yes. Hidden from this view is the adjacent section which houses the massive wheel profiling lathe that can accommodate wheels sizes up to about 6 feet in diameter and at the far end the reconstructed blacksmiths forge so it is a real working part of a preserved Heritage railway.

 

[Flack]

Nice set John.

 

[Toby Webster]

Lovely photos.

 

[John King]

Thanks Toby. there will be more - hopefully

 

[Oldbones]

John.
I really like these photographs and how clean and sharp they are.
Something that is not presently within my own photographs.
Looking at lots of film shots on here tonight I have noticed yours are very very good.
In general I have also noticed that a lot of shots are closer to the subject that what I am in to the habit of not doing.
Next time I get out and shoot I will try that method, thank you for the education.

 

[John King]

OB Thanks for your comments. Don't forget these are scans of a 10x8 printed photograph not printed from digital or scanned negatives, so that itself can hide an awful lot of problems. The quality can be made to look like a large format picture or at the very least a medium format image, so it isn't all my doing.