Going Green - a photo on Flickriver

Going Green

            An image uploaded almost nine years ago that I thought would benefit from reprocessing, and a relaunch. 

Un-renumbered, and still in green livery, it features English Electric Type 4 no. 210 arriving at Crewe with what's likely to be the 8.45am Holyhead - Euston service. 

By this time it had lost its 'Empress of Britain' nameplates after being demoted from the top-link WCML services post electrification. However, the bolt-holes for it on the body side are still visible just beyond the large air-vent. 

In 1974 these locomotives, by now identified as class 40s under the TOPS system, were still regular performers on the North Wales passenger services.

The shot was taken with my recently acquired Zenit E, hence a bit of softness around the edges. Far from perfect but a good starter camera for anyone getting into 35mm photography, and for sure a significant step up from the 1930s designed Agfa Billy Zero folding camera purloined from my Father with its eight images per film and inability to 'stop' anything that was moving at more than walking pace - at least in my hands.    

High Speed Ektachrome rated at 160asa.

2nd February 1974

Taken in: UK / England / Shavington cum Gresty / Crewe (show map)

Taken on: February 2, 1974

Tags:

Crewe

Cheshire

210

40010

Class40

English Electric

Type4

1974

Green

WCML

West Coast Mainline

Empress of Britain

High Speed Ektachrome

Kodak

Zenit E

1Co-Co1 « less

Sets appears in: • My take on Crewe • Britain's railways

Groups appears in: • Class 40 Appreciation Society (NO PRESERVED 40's PLEASE) • British Rail 1974 (No 30/60 Limit) more » • The Strange Fascination With Railroad Tracks Club - no 30/60 • Great workmanship - past & present • D210 - 40010 « less

Camera: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Embettered by PicMonkey. http://www.picmonkey.com
Show full info

Stats: 6,739 views / 36 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder