Shed Variety

Three different piccies of the ubiquitous GM prime mover from recent afternoon commutes.

Dredliner

My first go at 4L85 of the year today and not a hint of shutter lag, she weren't hanging around either!

That's That Then

Summer seems to have fizzled out for the best part. After a week of blazing hot weather, it's now much cooler. Shadows had been growing precluding my usual afternoon commute snap anyway, but I took a punt on 4L85 yesterday as the light was neutral. Interestingly the Fred's passage through a rain shower earlier in its journey gives it the look of a recent repaint!

The Great Eastern Freighter

It makes a change, this tour was in our neck of the woods but with money tight negating the opportunity to travel on it, Dad and I took the motor out and chased it instead.
I mostly used the video to record its passage (and will post footage next time I'm on the Mac) but a recent software acquisition on the phone is "Frame Grabber" for Xperia. A super little bit of code, it'll allow you to turn a frame from video into a medium sized jpeg, just the thing with the camera doing its funny business lately!

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Barbie liveried 66 on today's 6A33.

Back to Work

Flippin' typical! Get back to the grind and the Sun decides to do what it should be doing in the Summertime!
Anyhoo, here's Fred 563 on a slightly delayed 4L85 Doncaster-Felixstowe not long ago.

Photo Frustration

Did an Anglia Ranger yesterday, initially hoping to have a jaunt to the coast on the 47 hauled short-set which didn't show. Made my way to Ely instead and despite attempts to capture three freight trains only managed one. Was then equally thwarted at Ipswich.
I've yet to ascertain whether Sony have fiddled with the camera software or the case on the phone interferes with the lens somehow, but the fact remains, taking a picture of a moving target at the moment usually results in deletion. And I'm not a happy snapper.

Alpha Thirty Three "live"!

Well, almost. Took this about 20 minutes ago actually.
Strange to think we used to have to wait to use a roll of film up and then another wait while it was being processed at the chemists before you even got an idea if the shot was actually any good!

Morning Spoon 2

The sidings more frequently used to stable locos at Stowmarket are currently occupied by on track plant, meaning DRS are using the siding further south. This affords pics from passing trains, this shot was obtained on this morning's commute to work.

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It's not all Freightliner and GBRf Sheds on GE freight. Knocking off an hour early on Monday afforded this snap of 4L45 from Wakefield, a DBS operated 'liner en route to Felixstowe.

Stour and Orwell

Another cloudless day and a need to satisfy myself that the last service on Dad's motor cured its appalling running meant a blat off to the Suffolk/Essex border for some phots at Cattawade before motoring to Felixstowe. Happily the car performed without fault, so off to Tug territory tomorrow!

This is the Life

The appalling Summer we've had was rumoured to break, which amazingly coincided with my holiday! It didn't disappoint and I took a swift shopping trip to Ipswich where the chance to record the 90 that took me there was grasped.

Morning Spoon

OLE problems between Ipswich and Diss this morning afforded this shot of the rarely photted GE Thunderbird prior to departure to Norwich. Just like the old days.