Thank you. I remember taking it because it was a scene with not much moving, and then the DMU started off with that rattling noise they made, and then the exhaust smoke - that was the moment to press the shutter.
I was there to see the Deltics but liked the scene, I didn't do 'loco portraits' much.
Trains in a main-line station (York). A platform far left, tracks in the lower part of the photo and a large overall curved roof
York station. My photo June 1977.
"Le Quais, au Pont Neuf". Eugène Atget. 1923.
A black and white pinhole photograph of daffodils in the woods, painted over with watercolours and now it looks like somewhere else entirely. Typed words at the bottom say “into these weird solitudes” which is maybe to legible so that might be removed.
Experimenting with hand-colouring pinhole photos with watercolours. I‘m terrible and impatient with painting, but it‘s turned the forest into something else and I quite like that.
The Kylesku ferry, 1971. A stretch of water, a small ferry with a car and a person visible on the deck, and hills in the background with an overall grey sky.
Before the bridge, my photo 1971.
Thank you.
St. Paulus Church in Neuss, Germany
St. Paulus Church in Neuss, Germany
St. Paulus Church in Neuss, Germany
St. Paulus Church in Neuss, Germany
St. Paulus Church in Neuss, Germany, designed by Fritz Schaller in collaboration with structural engineer Stefan Polónyi, explores the potential of folded concrete as both structure and form.
When the coaches had been taken out of the station, leaving the loco by itself, some of the Deltic drivers would then go blasting out filling the station with that oily exhaust smoke. Yes, impressive sound effects.
Thank you.
Thanks. Yes, I liked including him in the photo.
A scene at a London main-line station (King's Cross). A platform and passengers on the left, a stopped diesel loco at the head of a train, and a man working on the tracks, protected by warning flags in front of the loco. A large domed roof above with scaffolding on part of it. Another train on the right hand side.
London - a scene at King's Cross station.
My photo Feb 1980.
One of the most important sociological studies of our time: documenting the cat ladders of Switzerland brigitteschuster.com/swiss-cat-la...
Reflection of the Past: A 1920s Self-Portrait This captivating black-and-white photograph from approximately 1920 offers a rare, meta-perspective on early 20th-century Japanese life. Taken during the Taisho era, a period known for its liberal atmosphere and the rapid integration of Western technology with traditional customs, the image serves as both a personal memento and a technical achievement of the time. The composition is a "photograph within a photograph," captured via a vertical mirror. At the center, a young man with round spectacles sits behind his camera, which is mounted on a sturdy tripod. He is dressed in a dark, traditional kimono or yukata, his expression one of focused pride as he operates the shutter. Standing directly behind him, with her hands resting affectionately on his shoulders, is a woman also dressed in a kimono, featuring a striking vertical striped or shima pattern. Her hair is pulled back in a neat, modest style typical of the era. The mirror’s edges are visible, showing slight wear and silvering loss that anchors the image in its century-old history. The background reveals a glimpse of a traditional Japanese wooden interior and an outdoor garden space, providing a soft, natural context to this intimate domestic scene.
A photographer’s portrait in a mirror, a hundred years ago, Japan, ca. 1920. Text and image via Old Japanese Photos on Facebook. The composition is a "photograph within a photograph," captured via a vertical mirror.
📸 Édouard Boubat.
Réunion des chats
1948. Paris Cats
Les => #cheminot s sont sympas ! Ici sur une => #vapeur => #230G tractant un convoi marchandises, un salut bienveillant pendant que la machine poursuit sa progression. Pas de lieu ni de date.
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“What caught my eye as a designer, as with most industrial plants and control rooms of that time, besides the knobs, levers, and buttons, was the use of a very specific seafoam green…” It’s time for some color theory… [bethmathews.substack.com]
A field full of flowers with a few standing stones at the top of the picture. Some land and hills are just visible in the distance behind the stones.
Part of the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney.
My photo June 1990.
Long exposue of the star Sirius showing it's flashing colours.
An almost silhouetted front of a diesel loco, some people on the left by the engine's cab, and some more folk in the mist on the platform to the right.
My photo 16 Oct 1977.
Class 40, either 40081 or 40083 in the picture, they were double-headed on the RPPR 'Deltic to Devon' trip, replacing the Deltic which was not available.
Pause-clope
Yoichi R. Okamoto, 1954
Neolithic Bus Stop, Dartmoor. #StandingStoneSunday
Neolithic Bus Stop, Dartmoor.
#StandingStoneSunday
Dreadnought prow T1 6111 with the simpler Altoona style pilot. Was the first T1 to receive cylinder lining, reducing the cylinder bore and tractive effort
PRR T1a 5547, showing its Walschaerts valve gear and associated piston valve housing. This engine also received lined cylinders.
PRR T1 5511 on trial with the Chesapeake & Ohio, with an Altoona front as early as 1946. Apart from the missing lower headlight, little modification would be done on this engine after returning to the PRR
PRR T1 5500 sporting the return shafts for its new rotary cams, fixed to the ports of its original poppet valves.
When you learn the first modified is actually the least modified
Due to the fire on Union Street, the old carriage entrance has been opened up to provide an alternative way into Central Station in Glasgow. This gives a chance to see some of the massive girders which support the station's main concourse.
Cont./
#glasgow #architecture #centralstation
The Gueron House is a modernist residence designed by architect Henri Gueron. The facade is white with yellow and burnt orange geometric trim. The house is box modern with a space age viewport bubble window protruding from the sunny side of the kitchen.
The Gueron House, East Hampton, NY
In 1971, architect Henri Gueron built himself this three-bedroom house (including equipment, insulated and finished interiors, as well as site work) for $15,000.
Source: Affordable Houses Designed by Architects by Jeremy Robinson (1979)
Schweizerische Centralbahn No. 4 ‘Olten’ at the Basel engine shed, ca. 1900.
Photograph: Georg Wilhelm Hecklau (probably)
Magnifiques => #cheminot s de cette=> #vapeur #131T à => #Paris => #gareSaintLazare en 1926 qui semblent dire à O.J. Morris tenant à les garder au centre de son cadrage : "Oh, nous on fait ça tous les jours vous savez, alors !"
Source : Archives Stephenson par railpictures.net
Birmingham New Street, two diesels amongst the concrete and grime. My photo March 1976.
Birmingham New Street station. My photo March 1976.
A view from a rocky and sandy beach. Cliffs and a headland left hand distance and a pale cloudy sky. Bright reflections on the sea.
Birsay, Orkney - cliffs at Marwick Head from The Point near the Brough of Birsay. My photo April 2026.
Poisson d'avril!
1er avril 1950. Paris
And now I'm thinking about how, so much personal life is "immortalized" on websites that, even if they're still accessible to this day, can never be found again, because nobody knows the magic incantation that can summon it from the sea of irrelevant search results.