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125 Reading - Didcot
03-D-0681
A New Lease of Life
A number of ageing class 47 diesels were re-engined with EMD 645 engines for Freightliner a few years ago giving them a new lease of life. 57 012 was photographed in Moreton Cutting, east of Didcot, on 12 June 2003. The train is 4S59, a Southampton to Coatbridge container train.camera : Fuji S2Pro
lens : 24-85mm f/2.8-4.0
focal length : 59 mm (88.5 mm eq.)
shutter : 1/500sec
aperture : f/6.7
ISO : 200
original : Digital 12MP JPEG