John Oram's photos with the keyword: 78019

BR Class 2 2-6-0 78019 at Quorn & Woodhouse. The locomotive was posed with its short train for an organised photoshoot and about 30 people were in front of it. I smiled a little to myself as I got the reverse of the countless near-identical pictures which were being taken at the same time. The purists are going to jump all over me for converting to b&w but this is a technique I like to use with discretion and, in this case, I think there are no elements to make this image less than timeless. 200_P1040693CM

BR Class 2 2-6-0 78019 at Quorn & Woodhouse. The locomotive was posed with its short train for an organised photoshoot and about 30 people were in front of it. I smiled a little to myself as I got the reverse of the countless near-identical pictures which were being taken at the same time. 200_P1040693C

BR Class 2 2-6-0 78019 running through Loughborough Central. The locomotive was on its way to Quorn & Woodhouse for a photoshoot and I would describe its condition as 'authentically grimy'. Much though I appreciate the amount of effort which goes into restoration and preservation, I do not always like to see locomotives in absolutely immaculate condition as they were perhaps only once in their lives. For me, the romance of an age which, in the depths of the then Southern Region, I mostly did not see, lies in the recreation of working conditions for locomotives. 200_P1040627