A3 (c. 16"x12") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£26)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£24)
In the course of helping to rescue a dozen about-to-be-scrapped steam locomotives from
sub-Arctic Finland, the crew and I stopped off at a place called Haapajarvi, where a rail
museum had been established. Being out of season, much of it was locked up, which was a
shame since, from photographs I saw later, we'd missed much of interest both
steam-wise and photographically-wise. It was here that I, being a steam newby, found a
full sized locomotive that had been sliced laterally so that you could follow the physical
process of steam generation from firebox to smoke box. I began to understand the
fascination.
This 'Risto' engine, an old stalwart of the Finnish rail system, was one that we finally brought
back to the UK. My priority at the time had been making the film of our endeavours, not
photography as such, so this is one of the few pictures that I took on those two memorable
trips. The film subsequently gave us an intro to the BBC's 'Great Railway Journeys', of
which I've written elsewhere. When so much else was grey and gloomy, the colours in this
detail shot, on the one sunny day we had, were what appealed. I wish I'd taken more.
In the course of helping to rescue a dozen about-to-be-scrapped steam locomotives from
sub-Arctic Finland, the crew and I stopped off at a place called Haapajarvi, where a rail
museum had been established. Being out of season, much of it was locked up, which was a
shame since, from photographs I saw later, we'd missed much of interest both steam-wise
and photographically-wise. It was here that I, being a steam newby, found a full sized
locomotive that had been sliced laterally so that you could follow the physical process of
steam generation from firebox to smoke box. I began to understand the fascination.
This 'Risto' engine, an old stalwart of the Finnish rail system, was one that we finally brought
back to the UK. My priority at the time had been making the film of our endeavours, not
photography as such, so this is one of the few pictures that I took on those two memorable
trips. The film subsequently gave us an intro to the BBC's 'Great Railway Journeys', of
which I've written elsewhere. When so much else was grey and gloomy, the colours in this
detail shot, on the one sunny day we had, were what appealed. I wish I'd taken more.
A3 (c. 16"x12") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£26)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£24)