Gallery
Watering Cans
Castlerigg Stone Circle
Enamel Pots
The Henge
Castlerigg Circle
The Past Is A Foreign Country
Bold
Malaga
Cokin Henge
Ms Elura Chemstrand
Wren's Ox Blood
Claw Hammer
The Keys
Nikkor-H Auto 300mm f/4.5
Tribute to Garry Winogrand
Derek Kinzett Unicorn at Lacock Abbey
Pond
Multiples of Nine
A Tessar on a D50
Camera Bag
Upside Down
Smoking Kills
33 Norton
Holy Cross, St. Mary's Church, Great Bedwyn
Flowers, All Saints' Church, Burbage
Pencils
Church Flowers
The Church Shed
FG-20 with D2Xs and Kiron 70-210 zoom
The Waggon & Horses
Bide Brook
Inner Beauty
Easter, 2014
Window Table
Speed
Legs
Aperture
Time Travel
Telephone Line
Electronics
O Tree
Blue
C
Colander
See also...
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
135 visits
HST
The HST was introduced in 1976 by British Rail and is still the backbone of express services on several British main lines. The power cars have new engines, and the Mark 3 coaches have been refurbished, but despite that, this attractive design continues to be a great success and as iconic as the old Routemaster bus.
The HST necessitated realignment of the track in some places on the western region, where it was first introduced. At Chippenham station there was a straightening scheme to allow the trains to go through at over 100 m.p.h. and the effect was to orphan one of the platforms and make the remaining platform do double duty for the trains which did stop. One HST service was timetabled to do the journey from Chippenham to London Paddington in 59 minutes. When the critics of the nationalised railway tell you how much better the services are under privatisation, tell them about Chippenham to London in under an hour.
The packed perspective in this picture was achieved with a focal length of 102mm on a DX camera. The photograph was taken in Sydney Gardens, Bath. Nikon D90 and Nikkor 55-200 VR zoom lens.
The HST necessitated realignment of the track in some places on the western region, where it was first introduced. At Chippenham station there was a straightening scheme to allow the trains to go through at over 100 m.p.h. and the effect was to orphan one of the platforms and make the remaining platform do double duty for the trains which did stop. One HST service was timetabled to do the journey from Chippenham to London Paddington in 59 minutes. When the critics of the nationalised railway tell you how much better the services are under privatisation, tell them about Chippenham to London in under an hour.
The packed perspective in this picture was achieved with a focal length of 102mm on a DX camera. The photograph was taken in Sydney Gardens, Bath. Nikon D90 and Nikkor 55-200 VR zoom lens.
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.