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Published: 2009-10-14 22:13:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 4761; Favourites: 133; Downloads: 0
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Here we have "45231 The Sherwood Forester" park up next to a Virgin Pendolino Class 390 "390005 City of Wolverhampton" showing two different generations of locomotive in the UK. Over 100 years of traction in one photograph.18-70mm Lens.
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nooo, Im saying the Stanier can easily outpull the EMU and Id like to see the EMU tr (so it can fail)
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O sorry, yes i get you 
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Have to say, I do really like this shot- very lucky to get the two side by side like that! Well composed, the colours and lighting are strong, and of course just the contrast between the motive power makes this stand out
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Thanks
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Thanks its very much appreciated, i really like this shot and its had alot of hits
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Excellent work. I know which I'd chose.
The two trains are in perfect allignment to each other for this shot, great composition.
Also worth noting, the 5 is cleaner than the 390!
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Thanks for the comment and fav, i am really happy that this photo came out well, and yes the steamer always wins, and its always much cleaner than a 390, lols.
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Thanks! Much Appreciated.
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Thanks, if only that works hey
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Critique
With so much change in the way the railways look and operate in the past fifty years, when it comes to comparison it is difficult for the younger generation to choose. Steam locomotive traction has been around since the very infant days of the railway, and shaped the country as it stands today. And electric traction was one of it's successors, with raw power, acceleration and speed, it made for greater efficiency at a cheaper price.
However the decision still remains, steam or electric? For me, steam remains just as attractive as it was in it's heyday, there's something about steam locomotives thats not only highly interesting, but also romantic and awe inspiring. However I was born 20 years after steam had left the mainline in the UK (1968 - 1988) and was born into a world of diesel and electric traction, so for that matter alone I cannot ignore the modern stance of railway operation. The Pendolino is for me one of the better looking examples of the next generation of rail travel, sleek stylish, fast and comfortable. Just like their ancestors, who live on today alongside them in harmony, as is seen here with the Black 5, a William A. Stanier FRS masterpiece.
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Thanks very very much from the Critique its very much appreciated, and if you really wanted to know the massive painting above our fireplace is of Coronation Class red loco at Crewe Works named "William A. Stanier FRS " its a grand print if anything.
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Very much a grand print.
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Yeah i need to get some photos of the living room pics, two Coronation Classes and a 9F.
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Nice!
I wish I had done the same kind of photo with the 2472 and one of CalTrain's MP36's, but never got around to it.
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Thanks,
I am assuming thats a American Steam locomotive next to a American Modern diesel? Sorry i am not that good with my American trains. I know of GP38s and Dash 9s lol.
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Correct. That's okay, I lost track at SD70M. LOL.
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People will look at it and go "My God. Look how far we've gone back!"
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(I'd write the following as an official critique, but I don't have premium member status.)
Such contrast between the modern high-speed train on the left and the old-fashioned one on the right, and I don't just mean in design. The bright reds and yellows on the modern train, as well as the shapes they form on the train, give the modern train a happy, cheerful motif. The old-fashioned train is just the opposite...it's cold and impersonal, and it's like it realizes it's become antiquated and obsolete. In fact, this color contrast can be extended to the train station beyond the trains...the station on the side of the modern train exhibits bright reds, greens and whites, while the opposite side exhibits a dull yellow at most.
But that is the pessimistic viewpoint, focusing on the differences in this picture. It can also signify the unification of past and present by having the two trains not only in the same picture together, but on adjacent tracks.
You did a marvelous job at taking this picture.
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Hello Again, just noticed that you area a member again, don;t want to turn it into a proper one do you? 
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Thanks very very very much for the Critique its very much appreciated!
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