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Thwarted Plans

            I learned of this excursion only a couple of days before it ran, I had to consider that my lovely little dog, Eddi had to go with me as my wife was in the south of France. It was a hot and sunny day, so could not leave Eddi in the car, I unfortunately only have two hands, one for my walking stick and the other for the dog's lead, my camera was around my neck. The Central Wales Line can be difficult to photograph in sunny conditions as it largely runs in a north-east to south-west axis and the vegetation growth is dreadful, how passengers see much of the delightful scenery I do not know. The decision was therefore to go to Llandovery, it would be quiet there, diesels are not as popular with the general public as steam locomotives are and it was a Wednesday, everyone would be in work or school. I expected to have the place much to myself, but I counted around 20 people to see the train, most were locals. My options became a bit limited and this was as good as I could get considering the whole situation - definitely not a prize winner!

D6817 (37521) leads 37409 into Llandovery station with Steam Dreams' "The Welsh Dragon", this was I believe, Day 4 and the working was 1Z98, the 09.10 Holyhead to Cardiff Central. 60007 worked the Holyhead to Crewe leg of this journey, the following day 34046 would return the excursion to Paddington from the Welsh capital.

D6817 was new to Sheffield Darnall (41A) in March 1963, later renumbered 37117 and then 37521, now dressed in British Railways green. Behind is ScotRail liveried 37409, it started life as D6970 allocated to Cardiff Canton (86A) in March 1965, so probably spent much time working coal trains in the Welsh valleys, renumbered 37270 before receiving its current number when ETH was fitted.

Taken in: UK / Wales / Llandovery / Llandovery (show map)

Taken on: September 18, 2024

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D6817

37117

British Railways

D6970

37270

37409

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LSL

Locomotive Services Ltd

1Z98

09.10 Holyhead to Cardiff Central

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The Welsh Dragon

Llandovery

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Groups appears in: • UK Railways • Railways of Britain more » • GB Railways • Railway Enthusiasts Camera Club • South Wales Railway Photos • South West & South Wales Railways • Telephoto Trains « less

Camera: Nikon D7500, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, 40mm (=60mm), ISO 140 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7500
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	40mm (35mm equivalent: 60mm)
ISO:	140
Exposure Bias:	+2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Windows
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