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Uxbridge Arrival

            A Metropolitan Line train of S Stock descends the cutting into Uxbridge Station on a murky December night. Up above to the left are the Uxbridge stabling sidings with only one train parked up at this time of the evening. The sidings also mark the spot where the original station almost used to sit. Sainsburys supermarket is now pretty much on top of it with the stabling yard between it and the running lines. Uxbridge used to have no less than three stations. High Street, Vine Street and the Underground Station. The former two, both GWR, are now long gone. 

This was the weekend I'd gone to Uxbridge three times, this, the second time, to get photos of the Christmas lights after dark as the Art Deco station entrance was nicely decorated. It is after all only a 10 minute ride on the tube for me. But I wondered about getting a shot of the stabling yard in the descending mist so I walked around the back of the station.to try and find a spot. The shot wasn't on though as too much fencing and barbed wire abounded. And although another view point can be found from a road bridge further up that was too much of a walk at this point. The mist was coming down and it was freezing cold. So I rested my camera on the parapet here instead and tried long exposure and normal shots of trains coming and going. This was one of the better ones. I saw no Piccadilly line trains this evening as in the winter months they run infrequently beyond Rayners Lane. The 1973 stock suffers notoriously from wheel slip and flats in the greasy winter conditions so to minimise wear and tear on the wooded stretch to Uxbridge they terminate at Rayners Lane. The climb out here at Uxbridge doesn't help either.

Taken in: UK / England / Hillingdon / Uxbridge (show map)

Taken on: December 18, 2021

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Camera: Canon EOS 750D, f/4.0, 1/10 sec, 29mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 750D
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.1 sec (1/10)
Focal Length:	29mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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