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I am a retired clerk from the railway operating department in the West Midlands.
I have been taking railway photographs for over 50 years. The early shots were taken with my fathers Box Brownie. My first camera was a Kodak Cresta, then I was given the Box Brownie which I left behind at Newton Abbot one summer never to be seen again. I borrowed a Selfix 12-20 from my aunt until I could afford a new camera. I bought my Voightlander Vitomatic IIIb in 1965 and later a Nikon Nikkormat FTN.
I now have a Fujifilm Finepix E550 (that fits in my pocket) and also a Panasonic Lumix DMC G1 and a new GH2.
All of the photos are taken by me (except for the handful that are of me) and I own the copyright. However, I welcome people to download any of my images that they may want, as long as they are purely for their own personal non-profit use. If anyone does make any money out of them, I suggest that a donation to a charity such as Macmillan or Cancer Research UK would be welcome.
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- Passenger Trains Worldwide 52 photos, 3 members
- Severn Tunnel Junction 93 photos, 10 members
- UK Trainz - The Cumbrian Coast Line 301 photos, 70 members
- UK Class 325 181 photos, 11 members
- Anoraks and cranks 121 photos, 41 members
- Craven Images 597 photos, 38 members
- UK Depots 160 photos, 15 members
- London Terminis (Terminus train stations) 820 photos, 27 members
- Rail Head Treatment Trains 1,106 photos, 87 members
- Railways & Locomotives 25,125 photos, 266 members
- Loco Hauled passenger Trains 3,903 photos, 192 members
- Freight trains of the UK 1,924 photos, 50 members
- Chiltern Mainline Loco-Hauled 102 photos, 13 members
- UK Signalling 471 photos, 8 members
- UK Class 172 106 photos, 5 members
- Rail UK : Backlit 403 photos, 13 members
- Staffordshire Photographers 3,005 photos, 131 members
- Class 150s in the West Midlands 193 photos, 7 members
- All Out Train's 14,562 photos, 59 members
- Worcestershire Railways 108 photos, 12 members
- British GM Free Railway Shots 10,255 photos, 161 members
- Intermodal - The Spotters Group. 96 photos, 5 members
- Class 60 "Tugs" 810 photos, 23 members
- Transport In The Frame 211,483 photos, 1,295 members
- On-Track Plant and Road-Railers 550 photos, 28 members
- Shirebrook - 41J - SB & 41J Langwith Junction 192 photos, 25 members
- Transportes em geral / Construções / Produções Coloridas e D 17,369 photos, 463 members
- British Mainline 24,825 photos, 168 members
- Dieselpower Europe 5,212 photos, 55 members
- A4 Pacifics 587 photos, 32 members
- Railways Of Devon 783 photos, 82 members
- Robin Hood Line 70 photos, 8 members
- Railways Side on 388 photos, 20 members
- *Foodielicious* 19,675 photos, 681 members
- Classic postwar town and city Transport 1,072 photos, 17 members
- Planes Trains and Trams 24,095 photos, 272 members
- Transport World Wide 46,184 photos, 369 members
- BR Blue Diesels with D Prefixes 71 photos, 12 members
- UK Steam Railways pre-1968. 123 photos, 4 members
- Brush Type 2 Diesels 1957 - 1975 (with D numbers) 276 photos, 22 members
- Mystery Railway Locations 69 photos, 36 members
- Class 31s with four figure numbers 152 photos, 15 members
- Electric Locomotives 10,191 photos, 300 members
- Euston station 374 photos, 41 members
- Trains on Bridges 1,595 photos, 126 members
- Rail UK: Locations then and now 344 photos, 37 members
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- Anything Railway 36,117 photos, 183 members
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Testimonials (2)
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JohnGreyTurner says:
"Bill has certainly captured many tremendous, quality images of steam long forgotten. Like Steve, they evoke so many memories of childhood and youth. Maybe in 'the next world' we can choose an era to which to return and without a doubt Bill's pics fill me with a certainty of where I want to go :)
Well done Bill, keep 'em coming :)"22nd July, 2009
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steveford666 says:
"The photographs posted by Bill is very evocative of old times and some places I have visited. I love these photos. They bring back memories for me."
17th April, 2008
- Name:
- Bill Wright
- Joined:
- December 2007