Alston Station - Cumbria by ejn

Photography • Landscape • posted on Feb 24, 2009

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Alston Station Still cloudy and miserable so spent a bit of time on this.It's a bit HDR and some post work. Some Info At a height of 875 feet above sea level Alston in Cumbria is Northern England’s Highest Narrow Gauge Railway. The Alston to Haltwhistle branch line was opened by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company in 1852 and closed closed by British Rail in 1976. A Presevertion Society was set up in 1973 but being unabkle to save the original standard gauge line, succeeded in opening a narrow gauge line along part of the old track bed in 1983. Two hundred years ago, Alston was the commercial centre of an important lead mining area, producing about 10,000 tonnes of lead per year and whilst the line no longer carries freight it does have a very pleasant passenger service which runs for 2 1/4 miles through some very picturesque scenery. Some people stop and picnic at the various stations enroute and some travel the route to start walks in the area.

Comments (22)

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ragouc

4:13AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Very good shot and work.

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prutzworks

4:13AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

xlt image, great lighting effect

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Staticon

4:30AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Thank Heavens for preservation societies. Without them, so much of the rail heritage of England would have been lost. Excellent photo and postwork of one of my favourite parts of the country. :-)

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gmvgmvgmv

4:30AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Spectacular postwork - impressive lighting and contrast along with some striking cloud cover. Wonderful capture!

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qrud

5:04AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

good shot love your work

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MaraP

5:39AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Stuning work!!

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kaward

6:07AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

This is a real gem, great POV, sky, perspective and technique!

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durleybeachbum

6:11AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Excellent! The HDR a bit too much for me, but still marvellous.

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ysvry

6:50AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

great foto.

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Djavad

6:57AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Champion, tu es un vrai As !

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CavalierLady

7:22AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Wonderfully done, the light tones of the building against those moody skies is superb!

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Enmos

8:33AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Ominous lighting... awesome work !

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MrsRatbag

8:44AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Wonderful moody shot. I love the old station building with its tall chimneys and all the weathered brick/stone. Great work!

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kobaltkween

9:31AM | Tue, 24 February 2009

it would look picturesque if the clouds weren't so ominous. i think the combination is really wonderful, sort of sweet and provincial with an off-kilter undertone.

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