175011 Gobowen 21.07.17 - a photo on Flickriver

            Reading David Hayes' recent tale of his photographic foray from Frodsham to Gobowen and the weather which greeted him there, reminded me of this photograph. I visited Gobowen for the first time in over thirty years on the 21st July 2017, in order to photograph the station and its environs, including the signal box and semaphore signals. Travelling from home in Devon by train, I was able to buy a West Midlands Day Rover at Worcester, for £16.90 (after railcard discount), which covered my journey to Gobowen and which offers remarkable value in its wide geographical validity. After the cloudy but dry conditions in the south west, it was disappointing to encounter heavy rain in Shropshire, which rather limited my ability to carry out what I had planned. 
Nevertheless I persevered and was quite pleased with this shot of the departing train, 1W95 15.21 Cardiff Central to Holyhead, on which I had just arrived from Shrewsbury. It clearly demonstrates the weather conditions there at that time.
   

Taken on: July 21, 2017

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Gobowen

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Sets appears in: • Phoenix • Rails around Shropshire more » • Second Generation dmu's incl. 142s in Devon « less

Groups appears in: • Railway • UK Railways more » • Adobe Lightroom • Main Line Railways: photos/videos, past/present. No 30 / 60 ! • British Multiple Units • Rail UK : Railways of North West England • Transport Photography in the UK • WNXX • RAILROAD 1 « less

Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3, f/5.0, 1/500 sec, 48mm (=72mm), ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3
Lens:	smc PENTAX-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 ED AL[IF] DC WR
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	48mm (35mm equivalent: 72mm)
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.3.1 (Windows)
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