The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: track

Nikon D40 and Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC lens. The D40 has a crop sensor and so pairing it with a 35mm lens makes using it like the old days of film when you bought a camera with a standard 50mm lens. 200 ISO; f/8; 1/250th.

Nikon D2Xs with Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D lens.

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1. Lens: Fujinon 35mm f/1.4 XF R.

Nikon D40 + Nikkor AF-S 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 VR lens. Using this lens at full stretch in combination with a D40 provides the full-frame equivalent of 450mm focal length.

Nikon D2Xs and AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm lens. I look at this and I am struck by the inadequacy of the so-called standard gauge. Cheaper, of course, but so many bad decisions stem from putting profit ahead of other factors, in this case both safety and comfort.

Nikon D40 and Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC lens. The D40 has a crop sensor and so pairing it with a 35mm lens makes using it like the old days of film when you bought a camera with a standard 50mm lens. 200 ISO; f/8; 1/250th.

The points and the bridge denote the end of the East Somerset Railway's operations. Nikon D2Xs and Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D lens.

Nikon D2Xs with a Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 AI lens.

Nikon D2Xs and Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 AI lens.

Nikon D300s + Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens.

Nikon D2Xs + Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD lens.

Steam engine at East Somerset railway. Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 AI lens.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D lens.

Near Cranmore Station. Nikon D700 + AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D IF lens.

I visited the East Somerset Railway near Cranmore in Somerset on 1st July, a hot day such as Edward Thomas immortalised in 'Adlestrop'. I reflected on what enables preserved railways such as this to thrive. Enthusiasm, of course - of volunteers and visitors alike. And the availability of locomotives and rolling stock, thanks to Dai Woodham at Barry not being in a rush to break up the scrapped BR locomotives. But - paradoxically perhaps - it is the motor car which makes preserved steam possible, for it often operates in the back of beyond, and is accessible only by private transport for all practical purposes. Nikon D2Xs and Tamron Di II SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR LD Aspherical (IF) lens.

I visited the East Somerset Railway near Cranmore in Somerset on 1st July, a hot day such as Edward Thomas immortalised in 'Adlestrop'. I reflected on what enables preserved railways such as this to thrive. Enthusiasm, of course - of volunteers and visitors alike. And the availability of locomotives and rolling stock, thanks to Dai Woodham at Barry not being in a rush to break up the scrapped BR locomotives. But - paradoxically perhaps - it is the motor car which makes preserved steam possible, for it often operates in the back of beyond, and is accessible only by private transport for all practical purposes. Nikon D2Xs and Tamron Di II SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR LD Aspherical (IF) lens.