Duke of Gloucester locomotive in Shropshire – in pictures

Monday 7th March 2011, 9:00AM GMT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkhgenNmS_Y

Steam fans lined Shropshire’s tracks to see a famous locomotive pass through the county at the weekend. The 71000 Duke of Gloucester passed through stations in Prees, near Whitchurch and Shrewsbury on Saturday.

The county visit was part of a return trip to the capital. More than 400 passengers jumped on board at London Euston on Saturday morning and arrived back there one minute early later that evening.

The journey has been hailed as a success by train operators who said feedback from passengers had been “positive”.

Pictures and videos of the locomotive’s journey have already been posted on the internet, including YouTube.

Phil Bicknell, of UK Railtours, said today: “It was a very successful trip and it arrived in London Euston about one minute early.

“There were about 430 passengers on the train and the feedback from them was very positive and they said they really enjoyed it.”

The 71000 was withdrawn in 1962 after only eight years in service.

But the Duke of Gloucester Steam Locomotive Trust eventually acquired the badly decayed remains and restoration began in 1975.

The trust took the opportunity to make many improvements, including the fitting of the correct exhaust system.

View more: Prees news.

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The Original Jake

March 7, 2011 at 11:00

Love the first photo in the gallery. Who took it?

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- Andrew Owen
  
  March 7, 2011 at 11:14
  
  We don’t know. The photographer did not include his details. If he/she reads this could he please get in touch and we’ll be more than happy to credit him/her.
  
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Shrewsbury Lass

March 7, 2011 at 13:00

Agreed, that first photo is fab!

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- james poole
  
  March 8, 2011 at 07:52
  
  looks like blatant trespass to me…..even though its pretty good
  
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james poole

March 7, 2011 at 15:07

what a load of rubbish ‘pictures’. my 3 year old could have done better than that

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- Andrew Owen
  
  March 7, 2011 at 16:16
  
  Send them in and I’ll update the gallery…
  
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  - james poole
    
    March 7, 2011 at 17:41
    
    ive already submitted my pictures but theyve not appeared……
    
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- The Original Jake
  
  March 7, 2011 at 16:33
  
  So not only does your 3 year old know the appropriate combination of aperture, shutter speed and ISO to achieve the motion blur and depth of field in the first photo, whilst avoiding blown highlights and blocked shadows, they can also use a tripod, understand the compositional techniques used in the shot and possess the post-processing know-how to achieve the gritty, industrial look in the finished image?
  
  Impressive. They should put on an exhibition.
  
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  - james poole
    
    March 7, 2011 at 17:40
    
    addmitedly the first photo is impressive but begs the question why were they so near the tracks in the first place and were they trespassing…..
    
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    - The Original Jake
      
      March 8, 2011 at 10:06
      
      It looks close, but they might have used a long lens, or the shot might be cropped tightly. Or both.
      
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  - james poole
    
    March 8, 2011 at 03:08
    
    my photos here
    
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bushcutta/5501259256/#/photos/bushcutta/5501259256/lightbox/
    
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bushcutta/5501238604/#/photos/bushcutta/5501238604/lightbox/
    
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    - The Original Jake
      
      March 8, 2011 at 10:04
      
      Not bad… but honest opinion? They lack contrast (no doubt a product of the overcast conditions). Thirty seconds with the curves tool would do wonders. Bring the black point and white point in to the ends of the histogram, apply a subtle S curve and the images will pop more. The other shots in your photostream are much better, especially the night ones.
      
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    - James Poole
      
      March 8, 2011 at 16:41
      
      yes i applied contrast but then thought seeing as the weather was misty and drizly that these with not so much gave a good overall repro of the weather conditions!! besides that im not an expert with photoshop!!!!
      
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    - Mat
      
      March 9, 2011 at 15:49
      
      The night shots are some nice work
      gwf
      
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James Poole

March 8, 2011 at 07:49

my pictures:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bushcutta/5501259256/#/photos/bushcutta/5501259256/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bushcutta/5501259256/#/photos/bushcutta/5501238604/lightbox/

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Simon

March 8, 2011 at 10:31

Where have all the eco-warriors gone to? Just look at the carbon footprint of this.

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James Poole

March 9, 2011 at 12:27

if anyones interested 70000 Brittania is through next Wednesday, the 16th on a loaded test run from crewe. times are

chirk 1515 – 1534 for water
gobowen 1542
shrewsbury 1611
church stretton 1626 – 1646 (dont be suprised if it doeesnt stop)
craven arms 1655 – 1720 (ditto above)
leominster 1742
hereford 1800 – 1847 for water
thence to bristol and bishops lydehard

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di

March 9, 2011 at 21:01

great video steve.

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