Ipswich nocturnal "Aventra" adventure 20241108--063

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Ipswich nocturnal "Aventra" adventure 20241108--063

720585 (and 720107, hidden round the corner) stand at Ipswich, about to depart as 1Y65 21.10 Ipswich - Liverpool Street.

Usually, these "Aventra"-worked services (many of which stand at Ipswich for half an hour or, in the evenings, much longer) use platform 4 (on the other side of this island). However, this one (which is booked to arrive at 20.27) uses platform 3, and the Norwich-bound departure during this time uses platform 4. The reason is that once every four weeks, on Friday evenings, the 37-powered 1Q99 Network Rail Infrastructure Monitoring train reverses at platform 4 between 20.46 and 20.58.

I last visited Ipswich station in early March 2020, on a Friday evening when 1Q99 was running. At the time it was booked to reverse at platform 3, although actually used platform 2. Back then, this service was operated by 321s and a handful of 360s (most had already departed, ready for use by East Midlands Railway), while some Norwich services were still class 90 electric locos and mark 3 coaches - as illustrated in this picture taken in a similar position.

I was here for 37425 on 1Q99, which had departed about ten minutes previously.

Manipulation notes: The destination indicator on the EMU was very bright, so much so that it was just a blurred mass of orange. I therefore took a couple more frames which were four or five stops under exposed, and used part of one of those to make the destination readable.

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Taken on: November 8, 2024
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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1
Focal Length: 50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO: 400
Exposure Bias: -0.7 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Contrast: High
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 24.0 (Windows)
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