Morning coals - a photo on Flickriver

Morning coals

            With an enforced (non-Covid) confinement, it's back to the old stuff and this is a shot from a trip to the East Riding in 2014. 

The drive over the M62 in the early hours was especially foggy, but I was happy enough the mist was still hanging around for this image captured at Gilberdyke. I opted to focus on the near semaphores and tweaked the aperture so that the distant train was just enough out of focus to enhance the impact of the mist - well, that was the plan. 

The train is the 8.00am Hull Kingston Terminal - Rugeley B PS loaded coals (6M49) hauled by Freightliner 'Shed' 66519. With 2,000 tonnes in tow the exhaust suggests the driver, under clear signals, has notched-up to tackle the rise just before Gilberdyke station. 

Hard to believe that in the seven years since this shot taken: coal traffic on the UK network is now almost non-existent; Rugeley Power station closed and is currently being demolished to make way for over two thousand new homes; and the network of semaphores and signal boxes along this stretch of line has been replaced by colour lights under the control of York ROC.

I didn't notice it at the time but there's a cock pheasant lurking in the vegetation bottom left. He came out to take a look on the closer-in shot I captured before disappearing again. No game on the menu that night. 
  
2nd April 2014

Taken in: UK / England / Gilberdyke / Staddlethorpe (show map)

Taken on: April 2, 2014

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/11.0, 1/640 sec, 400mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Embettered by PicMonkey. http://www.picmonkey.com
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