Just goes to show what can happen when you take a supposed short cut to save time? We took the country route across the fens as it is half the distance and theoretically should take half the time instead of using the motorway which is double the distance.
There is a weird phenomenon here called 'fen time'when it comes to traveling around this part of the country.
We stopped at this railway crossing and saw a blue train go past. 3 minutes later a red train went past in the other direction. OK it seemed like that was that?
We then sat for another 10 minutes while another 3 trains went hurtling past in both directions? This is the longest we have ever been stopped at a railway crossing. Total time stopped about 20 minutes!
My question: Is this some kind of new world record? :)
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!steemitworldmap 52.4742308 lat -0.237316 long B660 Railway Crossing, England,UK! d3scr
Blue train crossing
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Red train crossing
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| Category | (Vehicle photography)
| Camera | (Canon EOS 70D)
| f stop | (f/11)
| Exposure time | (1/80 sec)
| ISO | (100)
| Lens | (Sigma 30 mm)
| Location | Photographed from the B660 near Yaxley, UK | |
It allowed you get some great photos! Seems like those trains are awfully close together then?
It was baffling to sit and watch 5 go past one after the other? :0
And it must have messed with the steemitworldmap too? :)
3 entries? The bots gone nuts!
Haha. Are you on Sodor?
Haha not a single tank engine in sight?
So glad you got that:)
I've actually met the Fat Controller and Thomas! :)
My son would be super envious:)
He may like today's video then? :)
He did. We watched it together:)
GOOD PHOTOS. SUCCESSLY caught the moment!
Thank Eduards, caught many moments lol
trains must of been going pretty quick
There's a way to calculate the speed of the train based on the shutter speed, distance travelled and the ISO.
Same principal as a speed camera.
i never knew that interesting
That IS a long train wait....wow.
Nice shots! On the plus side, right? :)
And a blog to boot lol. Made my day in fact :)
wow...nice shoot dear @ molometer
Thank you Zimco, and thanks for the resteem too. ;)
Resteem
Thank you @zimko for the resteem. Much appreciated.
We have a set of tracks in our area that seem to be very similar. It approaches a way station a some miles distant from our community. And, Raleigh is a hub for both freight and passenger trains.
I actually went through Raleigh many many years ago but I was on the Greyhound bus?
Yeah, I’ve come into Raleigh on the bus many times when I was a teen traveling from TN to my Gran, here in NC. But, Raleigh is a train hub. When my dad was stationed in VA and FL, we took the trains to visit. We also studied the train system when I was in school here, for the ninth grade.
That's interesting that you all studied the train system.
Maybe they expected some students would be working there?
It was something we studied in history on the Western Expansion and in economics on the socio-economic impacts of transportation in general.
That would be fascinating I would imagine.
Those pesky trains. I've had to wait 10-15 minutes before. Thankfully, I don't have to pass many tracks on my current routes now days.
Haha and I thought I was taking a short cut? At least we got some crazy fast photos :)
Good post
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