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Hi, Welcome to my Railway Photography site.
Here you will find a selection of my photographs taken from around the UK of Mainline and Preserved Railways. Most of them will be from the Hampshire area including the Mid-Hants Railway, East Hayling Light Railway and the Isle of Wight Railway. All of which I have been or still am an active volunteer. You will also find I regulary visit other preserved railways, mainline stations and yards and the occasional trip on a special!
I hope you enjoy looking at my pictures and hope that you visit back soon to see what else has been added.
Many Thanks
Daniel Hillebrandt
P.S. Please dont forget to rate my photogrpahs or leave a comment or sign up for updates!!!
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Whats New!!!
* 1960s Gala at the Great Central railway, Loughborough with a mix of Steam and Diesel hauling passenger workings, freight,parcels and light engine movements on both Sat and Sun (28MAR07)
* Mainline Tours including Top n Tail 47s at Burton on Trent, A4 Union of South Africa at Loughborough and....
86101 Sir William A Stanier FRS on its first mainline trip since preservation at Crewe (28MAR07)
* Great Central Railway Heritage Diesel Day was the start to their 1960s gala weekend, plenty of action which several locomotives (28MAR07)
* A quick visit to Rugby Station saw a few locomotives to be photographed (28MAR07)
* More photos added to the Holybourne to Fawley Oil train section, EWS 66 passes over Fareham Viaduct.
* Didcot Railway Centre:
A visit to the centre on 01 Jul 06 provided the chance to photograph the firefly and the railcar in action.
* 35028 "Clan Line" on its first mainline passenger trip after the recent overhaul (09FEB07)
More new photographs to be uploaded soon.... |
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*35028 "Clan Line" first mainline passenger tour on VSOE circular at Guildford and Shalford.
* Barrow Hill Roundhouse:
Sat 8th and Sun 9th July is the diesel gala at the sole surviving roundhouse in the UK. With mainline trips providing more action and a few stops on the way theres plenty to come!
* Pendon Model Railway Museum:
As part of the Didcot trip I also visited Pendon Museum, a selection of photographs from the layouts will be uploaded shortly.
* Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo:
Over the coming months, I am planning to build a collection of photographs from all the way along the Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo line! Including all of the stations along the line (such as Fratton, Havant, Guildford, Woking and Clapham) and also from some of the great line side points along the way. There should be plenty to see, so MAKE SURE YOU RETURN and take a look!!
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* Doncaster Open Day:
Pictures from trips to Doncaster Open Day (Past event) and a few stops on the way, inc. Eastleigh, Rugby, Tyseley & Warrington.
* More photos of the Mid-Hants, EHLR and IOWR.
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45231 "The Sherwood Forester" escapes through the gates... | Black 5 45231 "The Sherwood Forester" test run. | (1) |
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Steam locomotive, pullman carriages, no electric line, country scenery - It could almost be 50 years ago?? | A4 60009 Union of South Africa on VSOE Luncheon Excursion | (1) |
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 | 20th May 2007 | MISSING - MADELEINE McCANN
Supporting the search for missing Madeleine - visit http://www.missingmadeleine.com
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 | 1st Apr 2007 | Eastleigh inc Lord Nelson
A visit to Eastleigh Works, yard and Station sees the Lord Nelson stabled before its move to Old Oak Common on Mon 2nd April, GBRF 66s, and 73.
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 | 31st Mar 2007 | 80350 Lord Nelson
80350 Lord Nelson on 1st mainline passenger tour photogrpahed at Westbury, Salisbury and Eastleigh
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 | 24th Mar 2007 | 86101 "Siw William A Stanier FRS" at Crewe Railway Station
86101 "Siw William A Stanier FRS" at Crewe on return journey for a loco swap with 2x 47s. This was 86101s 1st mainline tour since preservation.
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 | 24th Mar 2007 | A4 60009 Union of South Africa Mainline Railway Tour
A4 60009 Union of South Africa pauses at Loghborough for a route stop on a mainline tour.
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 | 24th Mar 2007 | Class 47s on Mainline Tour to Minehead for West Somerset Steam Gala
Class 47s on Mainline Tour to Minehead for West Somerset Steam Gala call at Burton on Trent.
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 | 23rd Mar 2007 | Heritage Diesel Day at the Great Central Railway
A day of action packed workings, all hauled by heritage diesels along the Great Central Railways double track line. With everything from light engine movements to freight and parcel trains being double headed and top n tail.
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 | 23rd Mar 2007 | Rugby Railway Station
A quick 10 min stop at Rugby Station whilst on route to the GCR to see what was there - not a lot really!!
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 | 21st Dec 2006 | 35028 "Clan Line" First Mainline Steam Tour 2
A small selection of photographs taken by my friend Rachel after dragging her along too!
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 | 21st Dec 2006 | 35028 "Clan Line" - First Mainline Steam Tour
35028 "Clan Line" on its first mainline tour since its recent overhaul. Previous to this tour it ran on a loaded test run. Photographed at Guildford and Shalford on the VSOE Surrey Luncheon Special (replacing 34067 Tangmere) on a very foggy day!
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 | 12th Dec 2006 | 45231 "Sherwood Forester" steam special at Southampton (up goods loop)
45231 "Sherwood Forester" stopped at Southampton up goods loop for water on route back to London Waterloo with the Salisbury Cathedrals Express carol COncert Special. ****Sorry wrong photos uploaded, this will be sorted in the next couple of days - please visit again soon****
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 | 2nd Jul 2006 | GBRF Class 66s and 73s at Eastleigh Railway Station
A few photographs of Class 66s and 73s lined up outside Eastleigh Station including one 66 in the new "MetroNet" livery and one 73 still in the "Gatwick Express" livery. Taken on my return journey from Didcot.
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 | 1st Jul 2006 | Didcot Railway Centre
A day visit to the Didcot Railway Centre. There wasnt much going on but got to look round sheds and travel on the broad gauge Firefly, GWR Railcar and behind 2884 class 2-8-0 No. 3822 and a quick peek round Didcot mainline yard.
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 | 30th Jun 2006 | King Edward I "The Great Western" at Reading Railway Station
King Edward I pauses at Reading with the return "Great Western" excursion from Bristol to Paddington. A pathing stop allowed a few photo shots with the camera but unfortuantly the sun was in the way as usual so here are a selection of the best ones!
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 | 23rd May 2006 | Blue Pullman comes to Portmouth
An excursion from Victoria to Portsmouth hauled by 45231 "The Sherwood Forester" was replaced by the Blue Pullman after problems with the Vacuum braked stock that was to be used with 45231. I caught the train (consisting of the nanking blue 47s 47709 & 47712 top'n'tail with Mk3s and Mk1 kitchens) on its second visit to Portsmouth.
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 | 10th May 2006 | Two days at Stafford and Crewe Railway Stations (Part 3 of 3)
A selection of photographs taken on the second day of my two day trip at Crewe station.
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 | 10th May 2006 | Two days at Stafford and Crewe Railway Stations (Part 2 of 3)
A selection of photographs taken on the second day of my two day trip after spending the night on Stafford station and in the car park (WITH NO SLEEP!). Also a short trip to Crewe (see part 3).
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 | 9th May 2006 | Two days at Stafford and Crewe Railway Stations (Part 1 of 3)
I travelled to stafford to catch some freight on camera as well as practice taking photos of high speed trains. With Stafford being the pinch point between the North and South, this was the best place to be
A selection of photographs taken on the first day of my two day trip from Havant to Stafford (arriving at 1pm) with the rest of the day and night spent at Stafford Station.
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 | 9th May 2006
to 10th May 2006 | Stafford and Crewe Railway Stations (-A Taster-)
38hrs at Stafford and Crewe stations provided lots of traction to photograph with class 20's, 37's, 47's, 66's, Voyagers and Pendilino's. Stafford is one of the main pinch points for rail freight between the North and the South. This is just a small selection of photos and as time will allow, more will be added!
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 | 30th Apr 2006 | Class 58s at Eastleigh Yard
In a very poor state, these redundant class 58's are seen with each one having several liveries!
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Name: Daniel Hillebrandt
I first became interested in Railways when I was about 1 year old. I lived in a lineside house in Bedhampton and watched the trains go past. Gradually as I got older, the trains got bigger starting with small model railways and growing into the larger scales as a volunteer, such as 2 ft narrow gauge on the East Hayling Light Railway, standard size tank engines on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and later the largest of them all at the Watercressline. My photographic interest started back in 2002 when I received a digital camera for my 18th. First it was just locomotive profiles, (the loco and details) as my camera didnt allow for much more but has now developed as I bought new cameras and with a lot of practice. I now own a Kodak Z740 and a C360 (the c360 being used as backup or when working) and have started to explore more ways of photographing the trains, such as location and detail and making sure that the sun is behind me (basically learning how to take a better photograph). I am now planning to take an evening course in photography at college this year! If you have any tips you wouldnt mid sharing with me, please use the contact me.
Many Thanks!
Photo: Me driving a class 20 (D8098) at the Great Central Railway's 1960s Gala!
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