
Instant History
Somebody once said that a railway photograph was "instant history". The railway scene changed so rapidly that it was difficult to repeat a shot in every detail as something was bound to have changed in the meantime.That's certainly true of this picture of 31 300 trundling north at Riccall, between Selby and York with a train of hoppers on 19 December 1981. In this case, it's not only the loco and rolling stock that have disappeared, the railway itself is history, lifted after the Selby Diversion opened in 1983.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 81-UK-0539
camera : Canon F-1n
lens : 50mm f/1.8
focal length : 50 (50mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/250 sec
aperture : f/3.5
ISO : 64 ISO
original : 135 Kodachrome 64
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : 31.300
Train : NB hoppers
Location : Riccall, N of Selby
Line : 026 Doncaster - York
Country : United Kingdom
Date & Time : 19/12/1981 08:51