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In January 1997 traffic over the Jingpeng pass was still reasonably light. A railway worker watches a single QJ 2-10-2 struggle at walking pace with a huge plum...
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In January 1997 traffic over the Jingpeng pass was still reasonably light. A railway worker watches a single QJ 2-10-2 struggle at walking pace with a huge plume of steam and smoke to bring its load over the icy rails up the final straight to the summit at Shandian. In later years it was rare to see a freight with less than two QJ 2-10-2
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People's Choice in Train Spotting Photo Contest

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Contest Finalist in My Best Shot Photo Contest Vol 6

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Superb Composition

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Amazing photograph

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Many thanks Phil much appreciated

this would make a fantastic holiday card! fantastic composition. nice lines, and good color, Nice work!

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Thanks again Heather, its an encouragement to go through and scan more of the slide collection

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beautifully done... my compliments.

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Many thanks really enjoyed your own compositions keep submitting

Congrats, that's a very nice photo! Well done.

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Thanks Linda your encouragement to keep persevering was key

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Outstanding image and capture. The plume of steam is absolutely captivating. Picture perfect!

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Thanks Jayne, a spectacular location and everything came together for once

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Congratulations on winning runner-up in the capture trains photo contest! Amazing image! Great job!

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Nice

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I love what you've done with the composition!

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The perfect shot, stay in touch, got my vote,looove your style

Congratulations fab capture!

Awesome capture!

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This is an amazing photo

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Love it!

Magnificent!

Nice shot

Brilliant capture,excellent composition.

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Very good shot. I wish I could buy my ticket and ride along.

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Amazing Shot

really nice!! 🙌

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Well composed! Cheers to receiving people’s choice photo contest honors!

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Congratulations on your win

Breathtaking!!

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Congratulations on people's choice for Train contest. An amazing photo.

Love this shot, winner winner chicken dinner😎

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photograph was taken in 1997 of a steam-hauled freight train climbing up to Shandian the highest point on the 945 km Jitong line between Jining Nan and Tongliao in the Inner Mongolia region of China. The railway only started operating in 1995, and while it was built to modern standards it initially started operating with second-hand steam locomotives bought from China National railways. At one time the railway owned more than 100 steam locomotives and it was the last significant railway in China to operate steam locomotives. The section of line between Reshui and Jingpeng, which was named by Western enthusiasts the JingPeng pass climbed from Reshuit to the summit at Shandian and then down to Jingpeng passing through seven tunnels and numerous bridges. It was a mecca for photographers especially in winter where there could be heavy snowfalls and very low temperatures. Due to the height of the mountains in this area temperatures of minus 20 were common with the strong winds lowering the temperature even further. Temperatures of minus 40 were experienced on occasion, in these temperatures reliable operation of cameras was an issue

Time

This was taken early morning in January, in bitterly cold temperatures, the sun had just reached the trackside as the train came into view.

Lighting

Early morning in mid-winter meant gorgeous low lighting creating interesting shadow effects

Equipment

This was shot on Fuji Velvia slide film, Nikon F100 70-200 f2.8 lens handheld.

Inspiration

I was actually setup to take a broadside picture of the train rounding the bend directly below where I was standing. However seeing the train coming up the straight I could see that using full 200 mm zoom this was a stunning image shooting through the cutting.

Editing

This image had minimal processing. Nothing has been removed

In my camera bag

In those days I carried two F100 bodies and an F90X. In these temperatures, you did not want to be taking off your gloves to change lenses. Changing film was an ordeal and there was a risk as happened several times that the leader of the film could snap off, scratches were a perennial problem.

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Images with plumes of steam from steam locomotives can be captured on preserved railways. In the United Kingdom there are groups of photographers who band together and charter a steam locomotive and train. Doing this they can run the train through the optimum locations at the best time of day for the light. Similar possibilities of hiring trains are possible in the USA, Roumania. Regular timetabled steam locomotives still operate in winter on scenic mountain lines such as the Harz railways in Germany

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In January 1997 traffic over the Jingpeng pass was still reasonably light. A railway worker watches a single QJ 2-10-2 struggle at walking pace with a huge plum...
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