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Cool Cumbrian capture 20230530--028

88010 Aurora and 68005 Defiant are at the head of 4S43 06.25 Daventry - Mossend Euroterminal, pictured crossing Docker Viaduct. [Pole, 3/6 sections (~4m)]

This was the first time I'd been here, although the second train I photographed - the first being a quartet of 90s (two powering) at the head of Freightliner's 4S52 to Coatbridge. However, that picture is ever so slightly out of focus and will require a little more work before it is uploaded; thankfully, I lowered the pole and rechecked the focus between the intermodals! I used the pole as it puts the train more diagonally across the frame and also removes some of the foreground, but it's not actually needed. I'd have gone higher if I'd been certain I'd not get the overhead wires clipping the roof of the train, but there wasn't a passenger train in front to try it out.

It was assumed the 68 was hitching a ride back to Kingmoor; the train is booked to recess there for half an hour or so, but actually arrived there about forty minutes early (having missed a pathing stop at Penrith) and left nearly twenty late.

At this point the line runs roughly west to east, and the distant hills are those of the Lake District.

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Taken on: May 30, 2023

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II, f/6.3, 1/1000 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384
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