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Welcome to Railography. As the name suggests, this website features railway photography. As well as being a vehicle for showcasing my own pictures it also contains related material that may be useful to others such as trip reports, locomotive details etc.
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Photographing foreign trains may seem like a strange pastime but there’s far more to it than first meets the eye. A fascination with railways is essential but it also involves travel, adventure, strenuous exercise, detective work, a sense of timing, a determination to get it right, the perseverance to keep trying until you do get it right and a taste for beer. It helps to be able to predict the weather and the light, to have the skill to find good locations in unfamiliar places, the artistic flair to compose the perfect picture and the hand/eye co-ordination of a sharpshooter to take the shot.
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Welcome to Railography. As the name suggests, this website features railway photography. As well as being a vehicle for showcasing my own pictures it also contains related material that may be useful to others such as trip reports, locomotive details etc.
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After a long trip to the Czech Republic in April, I was looking for something different to do on my next escape abroad. Chris Wilkinson suggested the Perpignan - Cerbere line in the south of France and a few days in the warm Mediterranean sunshine certainly appealed. So with visions of hot weather and bright sunlight to the fore, it was off to explore the electrified main line running down to the Spanish frontier. It had been almost ten years since my last trip to France so a return visit was long overdue.
Like so many places, getting around this part of France by train isn’t very practical, not because of the distances from the stations to the photo positions, they are manageable, but because of the sheer lack of trains at critical times of the day. Hiring a car was the only viable method of getting about, not least as my accommodation was right next to the line but nowhere near a station.
Welcome to Railography. As the name suggests, this website features railway photography. As well as being a vehicle for showcasing my own pictures it also contains related material that may be useful to others such as trip reports, locomotive details etc.
Geographical coverage is fairly patchy. Rather than trying to do a bit of everything, I tend to concentrate on one or two countries at a time, moving on after a few years when things become less interesting. The bulk of material here was taken following my switch to digital in 2003 but older pictures from other countries will be added as and when I get round to scanning them. China and the Czech Republic are the current destinations of choice and the subject of most of the current content but other countries, such as Germany, Spain and Switzerland also feature.
Photographing foreign trains may seem like a strange pastime but there’s far more to it than first meets the eye. A fascination with railways is essential but it also involves travel, adventure, strenuous exercise, detective work, a sense of timing, a determination to get it right, the perseverance to keep trying until you do get it right and a taste for beer. It helps to be able to predict the weather and the light, to have the skill to find good locations in unfamiliar places, the artistic flair to compose the perfect picture and the hand/eye co-ordination of a sharpshooter to take the shot. After years of trying I’ve failed to develop these superhuman qualities and have to rely on the perseverance and the beer.
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