The Age of Steam

I cannot really express how lovely it is to benefit from the age of steam on our doorstep. The Churnet Valley Railway journeys from Cheddleton to Consall Forge, onto Froghall and Kingsley and then back again via the latter stations and towards Leekbrook Junction almost every weekend during nearly every month of the year. The ironic factor of this is that my better half, Phil is by far, not a train spotter, however, this has become due to years of being drove from one station to another by his father, train spotting! Not only does my partners father love his trains but so does my partners step father, brother and nephew, LOVE locomotives! So us living by the Leekbrook Junction is very ironic.

I do love the steam trains and I think the CVR volunteers have gathered this as they will generally see me snapping away with my camera either at Leekbrook OR at the Cheddleton station. I assure you this is more a love of photography and editing that just of steam trains and the love of the family whom do love trains that I take the photographs for (I even make them into gift cards for family and friends, friends of friends etc to purchase).
I took this on the 29th June (2008) and edited it as I just feel any age of steam photos should be shown more antique and textured than more of a modern day capture.
One of those images that looks so much better in large format, one of my ultimate faves of the regular BR80098 - taken at Leekbrook Junction (29/06/2008)
Leekbrook Junction 29th June 2008. Again another of my favourites, I edited the texture and the colouring to make it look olde world.

I dont often get chance to capture the engine travelling from one end of the carriages to the other as I am normally stood at the other side of the track from this, and further down track near home.