Dresden Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

We rode on the 16.29 Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Freiberg via Tharandt Steam Festival special which was double-headed by Class 50 2-10-0 3648-8 and Class 23-10 2-6-2 35 1097-1. Here we are departing from platform 1 under Dresden station's splendid overall roof. The locos are just visible at the head of our train! A fair crowd turned out to watch and film us leave.

It's not often that I get asked to explain my pics but I was asked a fair question about why this image should fit into the Naturally Occurring Collages Group.This deserves a fair answer.

One defintion of a collage is art that results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

On the face of it my image is of a railway station and it was taken as such. On another level the superimposed verticals, diagonals and curves of the silhouetted steelwork create an intriguing pattern. The shadowy figures "pasted' into the scene add to the effect of a collage of different shapes and angles.

That was how my mind was working when I uploaded this shot - a found collage - although not necessarily when I took the picture. Perhaps an element of blur or vignetting might have taken it out of the realm of just a railway scene.