
Newspaper Empties
Newspaper trains were still a thing in the mid-1980s. Most ran overnight but the empties often returned in daylight. 31134 passed Chinley with a westbound train of parcels vans on 13 February 1985, most likely newspaper empties heading for Red Bank sidings in Manchester.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 85-UK6-0028
camera : Canon F-1n
lens : 50mm f/1.8
focal length : 50 (50mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/250 sec
aperture : f/5.6
ISO : 64 ISO
original : 135 Kodachrome 64
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : 31.134
Train : WB Parcels
Location : Chinley
Line : 078 New Mills + Buxton area
Country : United Kingdom
Date & Time : 13/02/1985 14:01