Eine kleine nachtfoto - BR, 1980s

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Nice shots Paul.
Don't let the fact that there's been few replies put you off...
I find most of the decent shots that get posted on here are completely overlooked,while some trash gets the best comments.Just ignore it,I enjoyed seeing your pics anway :)
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chrisj94 wrote:Nice shots Paul.
Don't let the fact that there's been few replies put you off...
I find most of the decent shots that get posted on here are completely overlooked,while some trash gets the best comments.Just ignore it,I enjoyed seeing your pics anway :)
Hear hear. I'm loving all these. Railways as they should be.

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Hello jp4712

Fantasic pictures - something very evocative about night time photos. May I ask a question? Friend of mine was at Preston Poly in the mid-80's - vividly recalls "proper engines" such as the Class 40 featured in your Preston picture, but he'd like to know where it was taken from (if you recall) - thinks it might be off Marsh Lane.

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Blimey, it was over twenty years ago, I can hardly recall what I did last night!

IIRC it was north of the station (which fits Marsh Lane) but it wasn't a main road - it was definitely a little side street and I poked the camera lens through some chain-link fencing. I think it may have been on the east side of the main line, could it have been some sidings on the site of the start of the Longridge branch?

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Very Nice, lots of atmosphere.
Its either the light at the end of the tunnel....or a train coming the other way
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Respect! Thanks for the prompt reply - my friend recalls the chain link fencing you mention as it was a good vantage point for some sort of yard with a great view of engines stabled (on his way home from a pub he can't remember the name of...!). If it wasn't Marsh Lane it wasn't far off.

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Sorry, couldn't resist this as I was in York the other night:

York, March 1985...


...York, November 2007.


Newcastle, February 1984...


...York, November 2007.


I do believe those are the same rails in the bay at York! The make of camera is the same, but my trusty Canon AE-1 with Agfa transparency film has been replaced by a Canon EOS400D.

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Paul, thats brilliant.

What wonderful comparisons.
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Excellent shots, Keep them coming!
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