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'Gods Wonderful Railway!!

By BEVZED
That is what it says on the cap... Should be Great Western Railway I know but then all the lines had their nicknames.. Taken just before he broke into song - does he remind anyone else of Topol? (Fiddler on the roof fame!)
Here the engine is being coupled up to the carriages at Minehead station for the return running to Bishops Lydeard.

Tags: General Train Transport Steam West somerset railway Coupling up Portraits and people

Voters: Badgerfred, Buffalo_Tom, stevebidmead and 60 more

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31 May 2007 8:09PM
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Buffalo_Tom Plus
15 2.3k 29 Wales
31 May 2007 8:14PM
Fabulous capture.Up with the best of Train images seen on here lately.Love it.
Tom.
imagio 15 12 1 England
31 May 2007 8:17PM
Nice shot , would have been better if you could have placed him between the coupling and the carriage so one could have seen his full face but hey Im just nitpicking, otherwise its a nice image..
MrsS 15 4.5k 18 England
31 May 2007 8:20PM
Super shot Beverley - now were did I put my copy of 'If I were a rich man' ?? Smile

Cheers!

Fran x
sut68 18 2.0k 77 England
31 May 2007 8:24PM
PMSL @ Fran ... "doobeedoobeedoobeedooooo" Wink

Great candid Bev, love his intense expression and the context of it against the coupling, nice!! Agree with Tom Wink

Paul
Badgerfred Plus
15 39 Wales
31 May 2007 8:29PM
Super image,
Fred.
User_Removed 15 2.1k 7 England
31 May 2007 8:31PM
great shot really nice light
una 18 10 United Kingdom
31 May 2007 8:37PM
Lovely clear shot.
Una
Graysta 17 1.1k England
31 May 2007 9:00PM
damn thats good, shall we not go into the H.S.E issues raised here.One of the best original shots here for a while.

Graham
GlynnisFrith 15 23 3 United Kingdom
31 May 2007 9:23PM
You keep finding these unusually shots well seen opportunity

Glynnis
User_Removed 15 16 England
31 May 2007 9:25PM
Great candid workplace capture; full of character!
Andrew
BEVZED 15 1.1k United Kingdom
31 May 2007 9:56PM
WOW. Smile I'm overwhelmed ... Thank you all so much - I really am suprised at the response so soon.

I want to thank this chappie for allowing me to use his picture too if he doe's look in! He IS a real character.

Bev

HSE? Nope, I am sure everything was adhered to! (Or am I missing something?)
rusmi 18 37 1 United Kingdom
31 May 2007 10:53PM
beautiful, love the espression in the face of the man, click
TOm
BEVZED 15 1.1k United Kingdom
31 May 2007 10:54PM
(I've missed the obvious Graham --- HI - VI !!! You can't see it in this but it was visible when he stood up).
Last modified by the Moderator Team on 31 May 2007 10:58PM
Arcticfox 17 22 Scotland
31 May 2007 11:11PM
Well done

(suspect Graham may be refering to your position when taking the pic, but I am sure he was watching out for you Smile

Peter
Last modified by the Moderator Team on 31 May 2007 11:14PM
Ingleman 15 9 4
31 May 2007 11:12PM
Great lighting on the face and the background. Nice one.

Andy I
bobalot 15 10 England
31 May 2007 11:33PM
just a great picture.

rgds Bob
Sezz 17 619 15 England
31 May 2007 11:56PM
Fabulous candid Bev, well lit, like the expression you've captured.

Sez *
TyChee 17 275 1 United States
1 Jun 2007 3:13AM
Wonderful character study!
Ty
taggart Plus
17 47 14 United States
1 Jun 2007 3:14AM
Could easily be part of Fiddler on the Roof-- or Fiddler with the train-- Either way, a fantastic candid!


Jennnnnn
bricurtis Plus
17 2.6k 52 England
1 Jun 2007 10:10AM
Great railway shot. Good detail and top exposure.Nice one.
Brian.
JN_CHATELAIN_PHOTOGRAPHY 15 1.3k 8 United Kingdom
1 Jun 2007 11:27AM
Great shot, detail and portrait. JNC
Mayfly 16 485 2 United Kingdom
1 Jun 2007 1:00PM
Happy to give this number 30 Bev - well deserved. Supberb detail, exposure and atmosphere.

Andy.
clur 15 12 United Kingdom
1 Jun 2007 5:20PM
i thourght you said you could'nt rearly see his face.!!!!!!!
dianah 15 24.5k 4 United Kingdom
1 Jun 2007 6:39PM
What a character..an amazing candid shot..
Di
Soom 17 1 England
1 Jun 2007 7:27PM
Congratulations on your RC - very well deserved for this fantastic picture. Love the colours and tones in this one and the detail is superb.

Soom
PS Thanks for a lovely afternoon, I was fine until you turned down the road to BL Station!!!
kevski 15 14 United Kingdom
1 Jun 2007 8:52PM
A superb composition and portrait.Great stuff.
kev.
lifesnapper Plus
16 8 3 England
1 Jun 2007 9:04PM
Great character shot, and wonderful detail on the train linkage.

John.
D4VE 17 5 England
1 Jun 2007 9:09PM
Bev that is a fantastic capture. Great detail, lovely composition and great portrait.
Think this one deserves more.

Dave.
jayman 17 8 United Kingdom
2 Jun 2007 9:14AM
I seem to remember someone asking me whether she might have a picture worth posting.
Do you still doubt it?
Kevin
BEVZED 15 1.1k United Kingdom
2 Jun 2007 9:19AM
I am absolutely amazed at the response this one has had on here, thank you all so very much for your clicks and wonderful comments. I waited for a long long time to see this chappie and ask his permission to put this up - I thank him very much indeed if he does look in .
Thank you all once again, I am thrilled.
Beverley
Thankyou for the mod Michael, it does emphasise his face more and strengthens the intense concentration. But I do feel for me it is a bit too tight - I would still like to see the GWR properly although I do like the fewer distractions in the background.
Beverley
BEVZED 15 1.1k United Kingdom
2 Jun 2007 10:19AM
Hi Bro, YUP I do still doubt that anything will receive a response .... this one has me gobsmacked! Smile
Sis
Libby_M 15 United Kingdom
2 Jun 2007 10:07PM
this is fab
so clear and sharp
colours and detail fab
love the mans face
great shot
limmy62 15 12 United Kingdom
3 Jun 2007 1:19PM
Terrific candid!

RogWink
HUMIE 15 2 United Kingdom
4 Jun 2007 10:39PM
Great expression !! Super candid image.
~Mike~
keithh 18 25.8k 33 Wallis And Futuna
5 Jun 2007 7:20AM
LEAPS off the page, Bev...love it
BEVZED 15 1.1k United Kingdom
5 Jun 2007 4:37PM
I cannot believe this has reached the big 5 0 !! Smile
The response to this is amazing, I really am so grateful to you all, thank you all so much.
Beverley
Last modified by the Moderator Team on 5 Jun 2007 4:40PM
HowardA 15 231
5 Jun 2007 4:43PM
An awesome character study and brilliantly composed. Deserves all the clicks and more.
Howard
TonyFrith 15 3 6 United Kingdom
5 Jun 2007 9:43PM
Hi Bev not been to well now catching up
This is an absolutely fabulous shot

Glad you have over 50 clicks
Tony
Last modified by the Moderator Team on 5 Jun 2007 9:44PM
KenJ 15
6 Jun 2007 2:03AM
An awesome portrait... very nice work!

Cheers, Ken
photodocktor 17 3 United Kingdom
7 Jun 2007 5:49AM
Great shot and a great character captain hook or what lol.
Cheers mick.
chris-p Plus
16 75 England
7 Jun 2007 12:41PM
Dont know how i missed this...brilliant
Chris
C_Daniels 17 399 10 England
10 Jun 2007 10:38PM
Is he from Genesis...?


Interesting angle Smile
Glostopcat 16 255 2 England
29 Jul 2007 12:58PM
An excellent character study

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