Photo Class 350257 London Midland Desiro EMU Train Wolverton 2013

 

Class 350257 EMU flashes through Wolverton      Photo: Charles Moorhen

A lucky photo of London Midland Trains Class 350257 Desiro EMU passing at speed through Wolverton station, UK.

 

It had been a busy afternoon at Wolverton, grabbing photos of trains on this particular day.  A variety of Class 390 Pendolino EMU's had belted through the station on the far track, too quick for me to even attempt a shot, a regular supply of London Midland Train Class 350 EMUs had kept my shutter finger busy and a small amount of freight had passed by.  

And it was due to a passing freight train that I nearly missed the above image.

I had just managed a grab-shot (the story of my life!) of a couple of Class 90 diesel locomotives double-heading through the station, when flicker of movement at the corner of my eye caused me to look to my left.

The last wagon of the freight train was about to pass under the bridge at what I refer to as the London end of the platform, when a profusion of green, black and white burst forth from under the road bridge.

Oh dear! Panic panic!  I wasn't ready.  My camera was still in its 'view images' setting. 

Fumbling, I switched the camera controls to the 'camera icon' and raised it to my eye so fast I thought I might blind myself in the process.  I had no time to check the camera settings. All I could hope for was that the settings that were in place to take the photo of the Class 90s would work for this shot. 

The shutter clicked, Class 350257 flashed past at speed heading for Crewe, and it was all over.   Did it work?  I was not very optimistic.

Gingerly, I lowered the camera and flicked the switch to 'view image'. It was then that I realised I had been holding my breath, probably since the moment I caught sight of the London Midland Trains EMU.  With a satisfied whoosh I breathed out,  fogging the screen on the camera's back in the process. 

When the 'mist' had cleared, and my impatient foot had stopped tapping, I dared to take a look. 

Well, there it was in all its glory. But, taking everything into consideration, I was quite surprised.  The image was not as bad as I feared it would be.

Looking at the picture again and again, I swore to myself that from that moment on I would learn to be more alert - more on the ball.  

And did I succeed? Well, not really.  Within minutes of making that solemn oath I managed to miss yet another passing train.  

Oh well! Keep working at it.

Photo Class 90029 DB Cargo UK Electric Locos Double Heading Wolverton 2013

 

 Class 90 Locomotives Double-Heading Through Wolverton    
Photo: Charles Moorhen

 

 

A black and white photo taken on the 9th July 2013 of two DB Cargo Class 90 electric locomotives seen double-heading a fast moving freight train through Wolverton station, Buckinghamshire, UK.

 

The leading locomotive is numbered Class 90029, while unfortunately the second loco went unidentified.

The train had recently passed through Northampton and was headed towards Bletchley.

Class 90029, bearing the Deutsche Bahn Cherry Red livery along with DB Schenker branding, was built by British Rail Engineering Ltd Crewe Works in April 1989 - one of 50 produced.

On 26/3/1998 the loco was named 'Frachtverbindungen' but later lost its name on 31/1/2003.

On the 8/4/2003 it was named once again, this time as 'The Institution of Civil Engineers'.

According to details listed in the 2014 Platform 5 Locomotives Pocket Book, Class 90029 had by this date lost its latest name.

 

Photo BR Class 37057 D6757 UK Diesel Loco Whitemoor Yard 1989

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

This photo of a careworn British Rail Class 37 37057 UK diesel loco was taken in 1989 amongst the weed-strewn sidings of March TMD, Cambridgeshire.

 

During a trainspotting trip to March station, where I photographed a number of diesel locos and dmus, I found out about nearby Whitemoor Yard and decided to take a quick look.

After a short walk I was inside the yard.  There didn't seem to be any staff about, well none that I could see, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to grab a couple of shots while I had the chance.

The result is seen above.  Not the best photo in the world, it was taken on a 35mm film camera loaded, unfortunately, with out-of-date film - but at least it was a record of the day.

In the background can be seen a couple of Class 45 'Peak' locos, possibly waiting for their final trip along the tracks to the scrapyard, while to the right stands a Class 31 diesel loco in Railfreight livery.

UK diesel loco Class 37057 originally numbered D6757, known as an English Electric Type Three, was built in October 1962 and at one time carried the name, 'Viking' .  

The locomotive survived the fate of languishing in a scrapyard and is currently owned by Colas Rail.  

Class 37 Locomotives on YouTube:

Class 37057 and 37610 at Retford.

Class 37057 leads test train out of Ayr.

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