Intercity 2018... from the lineside

With the stop-motion film having fallen by the wayside, the second string to this particular project became the lineside pics.  I liked the idea of these being a series of shots taken at night whilst waiting for a train in some cold, desolate city station.  Very reminiscent of late-night cheap travel to and from University, waiting in the freezing cold at Carlisle, or changing trains at Stafford with expresses whizzing through.

I quite liked how this one came out, the high contrast with the lights of the Lima diesel shunter in the foreground.

Two attempts at having an express train rushing through the station.

...and one with a train racing towards the camera (though I prefer the header image at the top of this post).

Another shot, this time taken as if from aboard the train.

Then a couple from a high point of view, as if from a bridge high up over the entrance to the station, with the girder bridge sides in the foreground too for effect.

The concept having worked with the City Station pics, I decided to do the same sorts of shots with the other set-ups too.

Another shot as if from aboard the train, for the diesel loco depot setup.  I quite like this as it actually shows the depot, which wouldn't have been visible in the normal shots, but would have been in the planned stop-motion film.

The oil terminal set, with the lower-level partially visible for much the same reason.

The girder bridge set, with the tin-foil water more clearly visible, but unfortunately also the bodged nature of the bridge and the chocks holding up the ex-bookframe used for the trackbed.

The final shot of the whole project; a panning shot as if tracking the train over the bridge, from a street running parallel to the river.

Overall, a bit of a mixed bag of a project; the whole 'stop motion film' concept just didn't work for a variety of technical reasons... perhaps if I had access to a studio (rather than a cellar) I could have made a better go of it, likewise with different kit.  But then again, the point of doing this shoot was an attempt to try the idea before buying anything else.

On a more positive note, I feel that the stills shoot went well and allowed me to achieve the sorts of shots I wanted to all along; re-doing the sorts of pics I tried with the practise shoots.