"Innovation" (al02) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
"Innovation" (al02) / Ted and Jen
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | INNOVATIONOne might be forgiven in thinking that diesel and electric traction first appeared on Britain's railways in the 1950s, after all it was the Modernisation Plan of 1955 which ushered in the era of diesel multiple units (D.M.Us.) along with diesel and electric locomotives which were intended to replace steam. But one would be wrong. Even before World War Two the Southern Railway (S.R.) had electrified some of its system in South-East England such that even the famous Brighton Belle was electric powered from 1933. The London Midland and Scottish Railway (L.M.S.) had diesel shunters in the 1930s and in 1947, in one of its last acts before nationalisation, introduced two diesel express locomotives numbered 10000 and 10001The Great Western Railway (G.W.R.) began experimenting with diesel railcars in 1933 some of which found their way onto the West Midlands system. Originally resplendent in G.W.R. colours of 'Chocolate and Cream' they were, following nationalisation, converted to carmine (red) and cream. Unit W14W, shown here at Dudley, will have travelled from Birmingham Snow Hill via the main Wolverhampton Low Level line before diverging at Swan Village. Such units also used to run along the entire length of the Seven Valley line from Shrewsbury to Kidderminster before, in truncated form it become a heritage railway. Strange perhaps that they had all gone by the time dieselization had got under way in earnest. They were ahead of their time. They didn’t need to be shunted to the opposite end of a set of coaches to make a return trip or turned on a turntable, the driver just got off his cab at one end of the unit and drove back from the cab at the other end. So simple,why wasn't it thought of before? It was, in 1933. |
| 撮影日 | 2016-01-20 13:26:44 |
| 撮影者 | Ted and Jen , Birmingham, England |
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| カメラ | Canon EOS 6D , Canon |
| 露出 | 0.2 sec (1/5) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 50 mm |