The Flickr Snowploughtrain Image Generatr

04/03/2018 (Sun) 1317 s Blea Moor (north of Ribblehead) 66 66301 Kingmor TMD + 66304 1Z99 0930 Carlisle Kingmmor - Skipton snow plough plain DRS DRSthere had been no trains since 28 February due to heavy snow, most of the snow had gone hoever this ran to clear ice from the tunnels

04/03/2018 (Sun) 1317 s Blea Moor (north of Ribblehead) 66 66301 Kingmor TMD + 66304 1Z99 0930 Carlisle Kingmmor - Skipton snow plough plain DRS DRSthere had been no trains since 28 February due to heavy snow, most of the snow had gone hoever this ran to clear ice from the tunnels

04/03/2018 (Sun) 1734 w Wennigton (east of Carnforth) 66 66304 + 66301 Kingmoor TMD 1Z99 1640 Skipton - Carlisle Kingmoor via Carnforth - Settle jn - Carlisle plain DRS DRSthere had been no trains since 28 February due to heavy snow, most of the snow had gone hoever this ran to clear ice from the tunnels

04/03/2018 (Sun) 1734 w Wennigton (east of Carnforth) 66 66304 + 66301 Kingmoor TMD 1Z99 1640 Skipton - Carlisle Kingmoor via Carnforth - Settle jn - Carlisle plain DRS DRSthere had been no trains since 28 February due to heavy snow, most of the snow had gone hoever this ran to clear ice from the tunnels

04/03/2018 (Sun) 1734 w Wennigton (east of Carnforth) 66 66304 + 66301 Kingmoor TMD 1Z99 1640 Skipton - Carlisle Kingmoor via Carnforth - Settle jn - Carlisle plain DRS DRSthere had been no trains since 28 February due to heavy snow, most of the snow had gone hoever this ran to clear ice from the tunnels

04/03/2018 (Sun) 1734 w Wennigton (east of Carnforth) 66 66304 + 66301 Kingmoor TMD 1Z99 1640 Skipton - Carlisle Kingmoor via Carnforth - Settle jn - Carlisle plain DRS DRSthere had been no trains since 28 February due to heavy snow, most of the snow had gone hoever this ran to clear ice from the tunnels

04/03/2018 (Sun) 1317 s Blea Moor (north of Ribblehead) 66 66301 Kingmor TMD + 66304 1Z99 0930 Carlisle Kingmmor - Skipton snow plough plain DRS DRSthere had been no trains since 28 February due to heavy snow, most of the snow had gone hoever this ran to clear ice from the tunnels

04/03/2018 (Sun) 1317 s Blea Moor (north of Ribblehead) 66 66301 Kingmor TMD + 66304 1Z99 0930 Carlisle Kingmmor - Skipton snow plough plain DRS DRSthere had been no trains since 28 February due to heavy snow, most of the snow had gone hoever this ran to clear ice from the tunnels

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After setting out from Vancouver the day before, and an overnight stay in Kamloops, in the early morning of the 1st September 2012 we boarded the Rocky Mountaineer and commenced our days journey. Initially following the South Thompson River, to Sicamous then across to Revelstroke and over the Alberta border to Lake Louise and ultimately to our destination, Banff.
After travelling all day the previous day through the dry Fraser River and desertified Thompson River Canyons we would now be heading into very different country dominated increasingly by pine forests swiftly flowing white water rivers, large lakes and steep sided snow capped mountains.
This however would bring new challenges for photography.
More trees beside the rail line meant much greater difficulty getting decent landscape images as trees rushed up into frame out of nowhere. It was also more difficult to get longer views and the weather would become cooler with clouds and mist increasingly problematic.
With the train speeding along, trying to plan and compose shots was very much down to just plain luck so I set the camera on landscape and a rapid shutter speed and the images that follow are the result, for better or for worse.
If you recognise a place in these images I have not managed to identify or geo-tag I'd love to hear from you.

as i walked on the nearby footpath i could hear an engine idling, i was pleasantly surprised when i saw it was a snowplough. this combo has been busy over the last couple of days working on the ECML and associated lines.

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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and fortunate enough to be signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them.




On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. (ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably).


With visits now in excess of 18.003 Million to my FLICKR site, used primarily these days as a fun platform to reach friends and family as I have now sold my professional gear and now take a more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to FLICKR, GETTY IMAGES and everyone who drops by.


***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on January 3rd 2017


CREATIVE RF gty.im/624112998 MOMENT OPEN COLLECTION**


This photograph became my 2,380th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.


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This photograph was taken at an altitude of Seventeen metres, at 13:12pm on Friday 13th May 2016 off Broadway in the town of Skagway, the 49th State of the United States of America.


This is a snow plough train used on the popular tourist route, the White Pass and Yukon railway. The black blades rotate at speed to push the heavy snow drifts aside.


Skagway is a first class borough in Alaska, United States of America, on the Alaska Panhandle. The port of Skagway is very popular with cruise ships, and although on my visit there were none due in, I was informed that up to five per day can arrive in the high season.


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Nikon D800 24mm 1/1600s f/2.8 iso100 RAW (14Bit) Hand held with Nikkor VR vibration reduction enabled. Nikon back focus button enabled. AF-C Continuous point focus with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance.Nikon AF Fine tune on (+5).


Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF VRII. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M 1.2x Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC card. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW Photo/ 15.4" Notebook Backpack camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.


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LATITUDE: N 59d 27m 11.70s
LONGITUDE: W 135d 19m 9.20s
ALTITUDE: 17.0m


RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 29.98MB


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PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D800 Firmware versions A 1.10 B 1.10 L 2.009 (Lens distortion control version 2)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and fortunate enough to be signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them.




On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. (ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably).


With visits now in excess of 17.779 Million to my FLICKR site, used primarily these days as a fun platform to reach friends and family as I have now sold my professional gear and now take a more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to FLICKR, GETTY IMAGES and everyone who drops by.


***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on December 12th 2016


CREATIVE RF gty.im/624102884 MOMENT OPEN COLLECTION**


This photograph became my 2,350th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.


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This photograph was taken at an altitude of Fourteen metres, at 13:11pm on Friday 13th May 2016 off Broadway in the town of Skagway, the 49th State of the United States of America.


This is a snow plough train used on the popular tourist route, the White Pass and Yukon railway. The black blades rotate at speed to push the heavy snow drifts aside.


Skagway is a first class borough in Alaska, United States of America, on the Alaska Panhandle. The port of Skagway is very popular with cruise ships, and although on my visit there were none due in, I was informed that up to five per day can arrive in the high season.


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Nikon D800 38mm 1/800s f/2.8 iso100 RAW (14Bit) Hand held with Nikkor VR vibration reduction enabled. Nikon back focus button enabled. AF-C Continuous point focus with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance.Nikon AF Fine tune on (+5).


Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF VRII. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M 1.2x Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC card. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW Photo/ 15.4" Notebook Backpack camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.





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LATITUDE: N 59d 27m 11.70s
LONGITUDE: W 135d 19m 9.20s
ALTITUDE: 14.0m


RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 30.19MB


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PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D800 Firmware versions A 1.10 B 1.10 L 2.009 (Lens distortion control version 2)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

The yearly Tonbridge West Yard to Tonbridge West Yard snowplough test run with 57310 and 57003. 7Z06 is seen passing Great Chart. Dull and wet as this working seems to be every year! Full sun tomorow, Typical!

The yearly Tonbridge West Yard to Tonbridge West Yard snowplough test run with 57310 and 57003. 7Z06 is seen passing Great Chart on the return leg. Dull and wet as this working seems to be every year! Full sun tomorow, Typical!

This photograph was taken at an altitude of Fourteen metres, at 13:11pm on Friday 13th May 2016 off Broadway in the town of Skagway, the 49th State of the United States of America.


This is a snow plough train used on the popular tourist route, the White Pass and Yukon railway. The black blades rotate at speed to push the heavy snow drifts aside.


Skagway is a first class borough in Alaska, United States of America, on the Alaska Panhandle. The port of Skagway is very popular with cruise ships, and although on my visit there were none due in, I was informed that up to five per day can arrive in the high season.


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Nikon D800 38mm 1/800s f/2.8 iso100 RAW (14Bit) Hand held with Nikkor VR vibration reduction enabled. Nikon back focus button enabled. AF-C Continuous point focus with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance.Nikon AF Fine tune on (+5).


Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF VRII. Jessops 77mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M 1.2x Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC card. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW Photo/ 15.4" Notebook Backpack camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.


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LATITUDE: N 59d 27m 11.70s
LONGITUDE: W 135d 19m 9.20s
ALTITUDE: 14.0m


RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 30.19MB


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PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D800 Firmware versions A 1.10 B 1.10 L 2.009 (Lens distortion control version 2)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Is this what's waiting around the corner for us, as the near arctic like winds currently penetrate our surroundings. Nearly thirty four years ago, this was the scene at Perth as Sulzer Class 25 No 25037 prepares for action with a snowplough on each end.
Date: 18th February, 1978.