[Leica] More Steam/Bunch of Allards

[lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III)]

While I know nothing about steam trains, I always enjoy looking
at good snaps like these and I've sent your link on to a Leica
photographer in Australia who does similar work. You must have
a lot of patience. Thanks for sharing.

William

At 02:21 PM 08/08/2004 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>Back from a 3 week vacation in the UK with a whole bunch of new steam
>locomotive images.
>I wanted to get the "Flying Scotsman" on film but it went and broke down
>(again), the steam special was pulled by a "Black Five"
>which I had shot the week before, and the weather wasn't too spectacular
>on that day either, so only 1 shot of the arrival in Scarborough.
>All the others were shot at Grosmont, the terminus, sheds,coaling
>facilities, and workshops of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, and at
>Goathland, the only station on the line where two trains can pass each
>other. Goathland is well known to TV viewers in the UK for the series
>Heartbeat (Aidensfield) and is known the world over as "Hogsmeade"
>station in the Harry Potter films. The line and rolling stock has also
>been used in many other period or wartime film scenes.
>
>The last few shots may warm the hearts of fans of  British sportscars -
>a whole bevy of Allards and a strange "Bentford". I know absolutely
>zero about this car, looks like a hybrid of about half a dozen others.
>http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-71396.html  Start here
>or to view the whole lot at one go
>http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/folder-6791.html
>or only the cars, start here
>http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-71395.html
>comments, criticism etc as always very welcome.
>Regards to all
>Douglas
>PS I did all of these on my notebook so the quality may not be up to
>scratch, my CRT monitor is knackered and today is Sunday, so I'll
>probably Photoshop a few of them next week and re-post them when I get a
>new one..