Something suitably snowy and wintery for a Christmas Eve blog post, here's some shots of the Worth Valley Railway in the snow a couple of weeks ago.
It hadn't snowed near the house, but a quick check of the KWVR's webcams showed there was snow on the ground at Oxenhope, so in-between a bit of Dad's Taxi duties, I had a couple of hours to spare with the camera, and headed up the valley...
I chose the bridge up near Top Field, and it was truly beautiful up there in the winter sun.
Not too many folk about either, which was pleasing; I'd expected it to be rammed with Sunday Morning dog walkers, and even other photographers.
The Class 101 rolled past just after I arrived.
Heading for Haworth. I've a soft-spot for this DMU, having had a model of one when I was younger, it's always nice to get some pics of it.
The Black 5, no.45212 was on 'Elf Express' duties.
Vexingly, in the 20 minutes between the DMU passing and this arriving, the sun had started to move around just enough to slightly through the lighting, meaning the loco was a little more in shadow than I'd have liked. Still, that trail of steam looked impressive in the cold morning air.
I still had an hour or so to kill, so strolled up into the woods. If anything it was even prettier, and I began to wish I'd gone up here instead f the bridge.
Interesting air traffic whilst I was waiting.
20031 leading the return service.
The steam-heat was working well in the carriages. We're booked on for the Mince Pie Specials on Boxing Day, and looking forward to our first ride on the train for a while.
Heading back to the car, a return to where I'd started. I knew the DMU would be coming back soon, and I just had time to squeeze in another shot.
A successful morning of photography- I love taking train pics in the snow, and I don't often get chance these days to not only do railway pics, but even get this end of the valley. There seems to have been a fair bit of interest from the mags in these shots, hopefully I'll get to see a couple in print in the New Year.
In the meantime, Merry Christmas all :)
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