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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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- South Yorkshire Railway History 2,338 photos, 32 members
- Passenger Trains Worldwide 70 photos, 4 members
- Severn Tunnel Junction 93 photos, 10 members
- UK Trainz - The Cumbrian Coast Line 366 photos, 76 members
- UK Class 325 181 photos, 12 members
- Anoraks and cranks 127 photos, 41 members
- Craven Images 639 photos, 39 members
- UK Depots 168 photos, 15 members
- London Terminis (Terminus train stations) 873 photos, 27 members
- Rail Head Treatment Trains 1,116 photos, 88 members
- Railways & Locomotives 28,086 photos, 280 members
- Loco Hauled passenger Trains 4,171 photos, 195 members
- Freight trains of the UK 2,228 photos, 52 members
- Chiltern Mainline Loco-Hauled 107 photos, 13 members
- UK Signalling 576 photos, 9 members
- UK Class 172 106 photos, 6 members
- Rail UK : Backlit 472 photos, 13 members
- Staffordshire Photographers 3,248 photos, 135 members
- Class 150s in the West Midlands 193 photos, 7 members
- All Out Train's 15,243 photos, 59 members
- Worcestershire Railways 108 photos, 12 members
- British GM Free Railway Shots 10,796 photos, 169 members
- Intermodal - The Spotters Group. 148 photos, 7 members
- Class 60 "Tugs" 844 photos, 24 members
- Transport In The Frame 214,757 photos, 1,314 members
- On-Track Plant and Road-Railers 554 photos, 28 members
- Shirebrook - 41J - SB & 41J Langwith Junction 193 photos, 25 members
- Transportes em geral / Construções / Produções Coloridas e D 18,018 photos, 463 members
- British Mainline 25,178 photos, 168 members
- Dieselpower Europe 5,374 photos, 57 members
- A4 Pacifics 596 photos, 33 members
- Railways Of Devon 832 photos, 85 members
- Robin Hood Line 80 photos, 8 members
- Railways Side on 477 photos, 28 members
- *Foodielicious* 20,291 photos, 699 members
- Classic postwar town and city Transport 1,118 photos, 17 members
- Planes Trains and Trams 24,918 photos, 273 members
- Transport World Wide 48,256 photos, 396 members
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- UK Steam Railways pre-1968. 128 photos, 4 members
- Brush Type 2 Diesels 1957 - 1975 (with D numbers) 283 photos, 22 members
- Mystery Railway Locations 77 photos, 38 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