Railway Photography by Calum Hepplewhite
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Hello and a warm welcome to my website.

This site contains my photographs from the UK's constantly changing National Rail Network as well as Preserved Railways since February 2007. Most of my images are East Anglia based but I occasionally venture further afield.

I started taking railway photographs in 2002 using an Olympus Trip XB40 AF, a compact 35mm camera which I best remember as a 'Snapshot' camera.

Having used the 'Snapshot' camera for nearly five years, I finally moved into the digital age in February 2007 and purchased my first digital camera in the shape of the Samsung S850. A creative compact camera, this was very ideal for myself to learn basic photography methods before expanding onto something bigger.

In November 2007, the S850 suffered from accidental damage and was replaced with the similar Samsung S1050. Whilst having few advantages over the S850, the S1050 was slower and had few less features than the S850 which made me crave for an upgrade.

I soon looked upon upgrading to a D-SLR and in the same month, I purchased a Nikon D80 along with a 18-135mm lens and from February 2008, this was supplemented with a 70-300mm lens.

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Thank you for visiting my site and I hope you like the pictures.

All the best

Calum Hepplewhite
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I am 20 years old and have had an interest in the railways from an early age. I live in Sudbury and started taking railway photographs in 2002.

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    60163 "Tornado" crosses the River Can Viaduct at Chelmsford with "The Winton Train" excursion from Harwich to Liverpool Street  Chelmsford and Colchester  (466)
    31190 stands on the stops at Sudbury with the Buffer Puffer 7.0 tour that originated from Liverpool Street. With the swarm of photographers now back on the train, the attention drew two police cars to the scene!  Buffer Puffer 7.0 at Sudbury  (245)
    Following a shortage of Pendolinos after an incident at Wembley at the end of March, Virgin Trains have had to resort to using loco hauled coaching stock hired from Cargo-D and a Class 90 hired in from DB Schenker to work on the London-Birmingham circuit during the weekdays. 82101 passes through Rugby heading towards London Euston  Rugby and Birmingham  (244)
    Young enthusiasts wave to the driver of 92017 to sound the horn at Harrow & Wealdstone  London  (211)
    A desolate moment at Ipswich  Kelvedon, Ipswich, Diss, Norwich and Ely  (180)
    DVT 82107 awaits departure from Ipswich to Norwich  Ipswich  (172)
    47501 passes the infrequently used station at Buckenham hauling the 12:06 Norwich to Great Yarmouth  Wherry Lines  (152)
    60163 "Tornado" passes through Doncaster with the return leg of the Yorkshire Pullman  Doncaster  (144)
    37038 and 37218 haul 6M69 Sizewell-Willesden flask past Colchester  Chelmsford and Colchester  (140)
    10 Preserved D6515 was hauled from its base at the Swanage Railway to Eastleigh Works where the 'Crompton', hauled by 73205, will have a general overhaul. The pair are seen at Eastleigh just after arrival  Eastleigh  (126)
    Most Recent Collections
    4th November 2009Stowmarket, Acle and Norwich New
    Another day of chasing RHTT's in the eastern region.
    2nd November 2009Belstead Bank and Kennett New
    A visit to Belstead Bank in the morning before visiting Kennett in the afternoon. Signalling problems today plagued the Great Eastern Main Line leading to many delays and cancellations.
    28th October 2009Westerfield, Brundall, Thurston and Ipswich
    A trip on a day ranger chasing a couple of Rail Head Treatment Trains.
    24th October 2009Buffer Puffer 7.0 at Sudbury
    Just one image from Sudbury in the early hours where 31190 is featured working Pathfinder's Buffer Puffer Tour. 66844 was on the other end and the tour visited three branchlines during the night. All three, the other two being the Braintree and Southminster lines, are single tracked, so with services being too intense during the daytime, the only option for a railtour to traverse all three branchlines was to run the tour during the night.
    23rd October 2009Brantham
    Another take at Brantham in much better weather.
    16th October 2009Brantham
    A couple of hours at Brantham.
    12th October 2009Ipswich
    Just two images from East Suffolk Junction.
    11th October 2009Great Central Railway
    A visit to the Great Central Railway at Ruddington for their Diesel Gala in the morning then visiting the other Great Central Railway for their Steam Gala in the afternoon.
    10th October 2009Severn Valley Railway
    A visit to the Severn Valley Railway for their Diesel Gala where visiting D8059 and 37264 made their preservation debut.
    9th October 2009Birmingham
    A few images around Tame Bridge Parkway and Birmingham New Street on a gloomy afternoon.
    3rd October 2009Nene Valley Railway
    Images from another great Diesel Gala at the Nene Valley Railway.
    26th September 2009Mid Norfolk Railway
    The Mid Norfolk Railway's Autumn Diesel Gala had four resident locos in operation as well as a geust appearance of 37510 from DRS.
    19th September 2009Wymondham, Reedham, Brundall and Salhouse
    A trip to Norfolk for UK Railtours' "The Broadsman" charter and the Yarmouth Drags.
    12th September 2009Great Central Railway
    A trip upto the Great Central Railway for their Diesel Gala.
    5th September 2009Manningtree
    Just two images from "The Harwich Hook" railtour at Manningtree which utilized 59203 and 92026.
    4th September 2009Chelmsford and Colchester
    A trip to Chelmsford for 'A1' 60163 "Tornado" hauling "The Winton Train" from Harwich to London Liverpool Street.

    The Winton Train originated in Prague retracing the steps of the original train in 1939, organized by Nicholas Winton to save hundreds of Jewish children from Hitler's "final solution".

    Departing Prague on 1st September, the train ran through Germany onto the Dutch coast. Passengers then joined a ferry to Harwich where "Tornado" was waiting to take the passengers through to Liverpool Street where Sir Nicholas Winton, now 100 years old, was waiting to greet them.

    Also featuring one image of 37038 and 37218 handling 6M69 Sizewell-Willesden flask at Colchester.
    29th August 2009Mangapps Railway Museum
    A trip to Mangapps Railway Museum, near Burnham-on-Crouch for their 20th Aniversary Gala where several shunters and 33202 were in operation.

    Also featuring one image from Wickford.
    24th August 2009Knodishall, Little Bealings and Marks Tey
    Chasing 6M69 Sizewell-Willesden which utilized 37423 and 20302.
    23rd August 2009Santon and Brandon
    70013 "Oliver Cromwell" was in the region once again working a Cathedrals Express charter from King's Cross to Norwich via Cambridge.
    21st August 2009Manea
    A few images from an hours stay at Welney Road, Manea.
    18th August 2009London
    A journey around London.
    16th August 2009Mid Norfolk Railway and North North Norfolk Railway
    Stopped off at Crownthorpe on the Mid Norfolk Railway where Pannier Tank 9466 was in steam, then carried on upto the North Norfolk Railway.
    15th August 2009Domsey Chase and Manningtree
    Domsey Chase for 70013 "Oliver Cromwell" which was on the Railway Touring Company's "Easterling" excursion, then over to Manningtree.
    8th August 2009Barrow Hill
    A trip to Barrow Hill for their Type 5/Twin engine themed gala. Also featuring a couple of images from Peterborough and Leicester.
    25th July 2009Brighton, Bluebell Railway and Balcombe Viaduct
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