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DRS class 57 57010 on Thunderbird duty at Norwich Station on 10th December 2010.

57010 started life as D1907, entering traffic in September 1965 (almost a year to the day before I was born!). It became 47231 in October 1973, and 57010 following refurbishment and re-engining by Brush in February 2000. Prior to use by DRS it was in service with Freightliner and named "Freightliner Crusader".

This shot was handheld (0.5 sec at f4 on ISO 1600) - something you could just never get away with in the days of film. Although the result is a little noisy, a run through Helicon Filter cleans that up nicely.

Since I took this photo I've upgraded from a Canon EOS 350D to an EOS 550D which has a quite frankly incredible maximum ISO of 12400.

Mk4 DVT 82132 waits at Liverpool Street with a Norwich bound service (one I was about to board, in fact).

Mk4 DVT 82132 waits at Liverpool Street with a Norwich bound service (one I was about to board, in fact). NXEA class 90 electric 90015 was on the rear getting ready to push-off.

NXEA class 90 electric 90015 "Colchester Castle" waits at London Liverpool Street station with a Norwich bound service on 10th December 2010.

The 90s arrived after I stopped photographing the rail scene in the mid 80s, so I'm not at all familiar with them, despite them dating from the second half of that decade. In fact the only new electric I encountered back then was the frames of 89001 (now owned by the AC Loco Group) in Crewe works in mid 1985.

Liverpool Street has a reputation as a hostile environment for photographers, and I will confess to being a little nervous taking my camera out there (even though I was actually travelling rather than hanging around looking like a target for over-zealous security staff).

NXEA class 90 electric 90013 "The Evening Star" on the blocks at London Liverpool Street station on 10th December 2010.

The 90s arrived after I stopped photographing the rail scene in the mid 80s, so I'm not at all familiar with them, despite them dating from the second half of that decade. In fact the only new electric I encountered back then was the frames of 89001 (now owned by the AC Loco Group) in Crewe works in mid 1985.

Liverpool Street has a reputation as a hostile environment for photographers, and I will confess to being a little nervous taking my camera out there (even though I was actually travelling rather than hanging around looking like a target for over-zealous security staff).