{"id":9500,"date":"2017-03-03T09:52:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T09:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9500"},"modified":"2023-07-02T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T14:14:13","slug":"tornado-steam-train-ribblehead-viaduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/tornado-steam-train-ribblehead-viaduct\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Tornado Steam Train on Ribblehead Viaduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 50 year Wait – Tornado Steam Train Scheduled Service<\/h1>\n

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I didn’t wait 50 years – but it was 50 years ago that the last steam train service ran over the iconic viaduct in the Dales.<\/p>\n

It was only for a few days in February so I decided to brave the weather and head up there. I’d incorrectly assumed that every train would be steam, so had a shock when I saw about 6 normal boring ones going over the viaduct!<\/p>\n

So I got a LOT of shots without the train on….<\/p>\n

This is from the Ingleton side – the sun falls directly on to the arches, definitely worth a look if you’re up there<\/p>\n

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The sun was out for a while – but Whernside was properly in shadow for this one!<\/p>\n

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This was taken from the roadside as I was heading to Ingleton for some lunch<\/p>\n

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On the way back from lunch we had more sun – so thought I’d get a few shots as the shadow slowly engulfed the arches, one by one.<\/p>\n

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This is near\u00a0White Scar on the side of Ingleborough<\/p>\n

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Back to the rocks, where I was for AGES\"\"<\/p>\n

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Really liked this crack in the limestone<\/p>\n

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Many hours later<\/h1>\n

I was stood on these rocks for nearly 3 hours – no 4G, unchanging light, tried hundreds of photos – bit of Focus\u00a0Stacking practice, which is really easy with the 5D4’s new touch screen shutter.<\/p>\n

I’d almost given up by 4ish then people started gathering in the distance, behind the Ribblehead Pub.<\/p>\n

The Kit and Settings<\/h2>\n

So got the 24-70mm lens on, ND grad (3 stop) in place and the polariser on. With hindsight, the polariser didn’t make much different AND forced me to up the ISO to compensate for the long shutter. After all – the train is moving, i guessed I needed about 1\/100th at least for it not to blur.<\/p>\n