Calm Before the Storm - a photo on Flickriver

Calm Before the Storm

            On Monday 23rd December 2013 BR Rebuilt Light Pacific no.34046 'Braunton' hauled the Salisbury Christmas Diner railtour, the last steam tour of 2013 from London Waterloo to Salisbury returning to London Victoria. This had originally been a dining only train promoted by UK Railtours but in the event standard and first class were added, perhaps as the company had not sold enough dining seats. In the event it provided a perfect railtour to end the year with a Bulleid Pacific on its home turf and via the main through Wimbledon and Surbiton.

On the morning of the 23rd, 34046 is seen at the head of an unusually short train, awaiting departure from platform 16 with the 09:55 Waterloo to Salisbury leg of the trip, before the storm that lasted much of the day had set in. Charter trains generally use platform 19 at Waterloo and most locomotives aren't visible due to the length of charters. It therefore made a welcome change to be able to see 34046 before we departed.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Waterloo (show map)

Taken on: December 23, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/5.0, 1/200 sec, 25mm (=37mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5100
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	25mm (35mm equivalent: 37mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 7.0
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