Victorian Railways K Class K190 brings the Mitcham-Mooroolbark shuttle service into Mooroolbark, with K153 bringing up the rear.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 400
Tag: Rail
K153 Mooroolbark 2010
The 2010 Steamrail shuttle between Mooroolbark and Mitcham with Victorian Railways steam Class Ks K153 and K190.
This view has now been consigned to history. The station and the level crossings have been swept away by an elevated railway line and station.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
Cockington Green Gardens – High Speed Train
An InterCity 125, or High Speed Train (HST), rounds one of the bends on the Cockington Green Gardens railway.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.4
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 23.7mm
- ISO: 100
Steamrail K153 – Mooroolbark Station
Steamrail’s K153 heads back to Mitcham from Mooroolbark Station, about to cross the Manchester Road level crossing.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.4
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 23.7mm
- ISO: 64
Mooroolbark Steamrail K153
K153 was in light steam on the Mitcham end of yesterday’s post on K190. The Victorian Railways K Class must hold some kind of record in the preservation scene with 21 of the 53 built still surviving in various states.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.4
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 23.7mm
- ISO: 64
Mooroolbark Steamrail K190
Victorian Railways K Class K190 running a Sunday shuttle service between Mooroolbark and Mitcham. To avoid running around fellow K Class K153 brought up the rear, ready to head back to Mitcham.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.4
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 23.7mm
- ISO: 64
Paddington – Brunel’s Train Shed
The grandeur of Brunel‘s magnificent train shed at Paddington Station is still evident over 150 years after it’s opening. High Speed Train, 43180 powers-up as it’s train heads off to the west.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 400
Ryde from Pierhead
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 64
Bears at Ryde Pierhead
The Isle of Wight is well known for it’s dinosaurs, or the fossils that are discovered there. But, some dinosaurs still roam the earth. This Class 483 train, London Underground trains, that ran from Ryde Pierhead down to Shanklin. These trains were built in 1938 and were almost 70 years old when seen here in 2007. They soldiered-on until 2021 making them the oldest mainline trains still in operational service in the UK.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 64
Ironbridge Tar Tunnel
Back in 2007 it was possible to walk about a third of the way down the Coalport Tar Tunnel at Ironbridge. Bitumen oozes through the brick-lined walls, now there is a gas build-up in the tunnel that makes it too dangerous to enter.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.6
- Camera: PENTAX Optio S45
- Focal length: 5.8mm
- ISO: 200
Wellington Railway Station Sign
Wellington does a great job of its street signs to some of the tourist hotspots, like the Railway Station and the Cable Car. Apparently double Fairlie steam locos were a feature of the early days of New Zealand railways in the 1870’s, with some seeing use into 1920.
- Aperture: ƒ/4.8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio S45
- Focal length: 17.4mm
- ISO: 50
Wellington Railway Station
- Aperture: ƒ/4.3
- Camera: PENTAX Optio S45
- Focal length: 5.8mm
- ISO: 50