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The S1Rii does trains

pdk42

pdk42

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I've been super busy since I got my S1Rii but today I took it along to a visit to the GWSR Railway - a heritage line that runs from Broadway to Cheltenham in the Cotswolds.

I'm super, super, super impressed both with the camera and the images. I think the files from it have a wonderful feel to them - great colours and very, very malleable. In particular, I can get fantastic dynamic range out of them. A number of times I shot a 5-EV burst but in PP I managed to get the result I wanted from only one of the shots.

Anyhow, here are a few samples. All with the 24-105 or 70-200 f4. Hope you enjoy them!

P1R20273-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 105mm
  • 1/200s
  • ISO 80



P1R20276_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 70-200/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 199mm
  • 1/25s
  • ISO 80



P1R20300-HDR-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 70-200/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 70mm
  • 1/100s
  • ISO 80



P1R20313_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 70-200/F4
  • ƒ/4
  • 70mm
  • 1/80s
  • ISO 160



P1R20320_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 24mm
  • 1/60s
  • ISO 400



P1R20327-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 61mm
  • 1/250s
  • ISO 80




P1R20344_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/4
  • 104mm
  • 1/200s
  • ISO 80



P1R20345-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 104mm
  • 1/100s
  • ISO 80



P1R20370-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 36mm
  • 1/60s
  • ISO 80




P1R20382-Enhanced-NR_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/4
  • 48mm
  • 1/60s
  • ISO 80
 
And a few more...

P1R20388_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 105mm
  • 1/50s
  • ISO 80




P1R20399_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/4
  • 104mm
  • 1/125s
  • ISO 80




P1R20412-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 105mm
  • 1/40s
  • ISO 80




P1R20422_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 105mm
  • 1/60s
  • ISO 80




P1R20436-HDR-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 40mm
  • 1/160s
  • ISO 80




P1R20457-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 48mm
  • 1/100s
  • ISO 80




P1R20462_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/4
  • 49mm
  • 1/200s
  • ISO 80



P1R20464-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 24mm
  • 1/125s
  • ISO 80




P1R20534-Enhanced-NR_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 105mm
  • 1/125s
  • ISO 5000



P1R20579_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 105mm
  • 1/100s
  • ISO 80
 
Final few...

P1R20272-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 63mm
  • 1/100s
  • ISO 80


P1R20306_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 70-200/F4
  • ƒ/4
  • 83mm
  • 1/100s
  • ISO 200


P1R20418_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 42mm
  • 1/60s
  • ISO 80



P1R20448-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 54mm
  • 1/160s
  • ISO 80






P1R20478_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 40mm
  • 1/40s
  • ISO 80




P1R20498_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 44mm
  • 1/80s
  • ISO 80



P1R20507_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 104mm
  • 1/100s
  • ISO 80




P1R20521_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 105mm
  • 1/125s
  • ISO 80




P1R20504-Edit_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/8
  • 104mm
  • 1/80s
  • ISO 80
 
Great to see some rail photos !! Z04 Discosmilie Z04 Breakdance.gif

Thanks Paul, a really great set of photos of a wonderful heritage train operation in the UK. I love the attention to detail they have at the railway stations, and of course the locomotives and rolling stock look fantastic. A real step back in time.

Glad to hear the S1Rii is exceeding expectations!
 
Those are some lovely pics; I really want to know the story behind many of them. (What’s that red machine in the second pic in the last post, for example?)

I’m also very glad the camera’s working out for you; looks like you’re having a ball with it.
 
Travis Butler said:
I really want to know the story behind many of them. (What’s that red machine in the second pic in the last post, for example?)
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Travis,

That machine is an electric staff exchanger (sometimes called a token exchanger). It was a critical part of the safe-working systems used in railways in the past.

Train drivers had to have the "staff" (or "token") in their possession to enter a section of the line. The staff was engraved with the names of the locations at each end of the section, and the staff design was unique for each section of track to make it easily identifiable. Having the staff meant that a train would have sole use of that section of track and thereby avoid collisions with other trains. A train was not permitted to enter a section of track without a staff. This was especially important in single lines where opposing movements could occur.

The original staff/token was a large metal rod with engravings and with a shape at the top to identify it from the next section. Of course if one train was following another in the same direction, it would be a problem if the staff was now at the other end. So a ticket system was used in this situation to permit a train to enter the section having sighted the staff and then travel on a ticket. The next train behind it could take the staff (if a subsequent train was coming in the opposite direction) or a ticket if another train was following it.

Eventually electric staff machines were introduced (like the one in the photo) with multiple staffs and these were mechanically interlocked to make sure only one staff could be withdrawn at a time. This avoided the need for manual tickets. The button at the top of the machine causes the display show if a staff can be withdrawn or not. The staff machines were mechanically interlocked so it was not possible to withdraw more than one token at a time. When a token is put into the machine at the other end of the section of track, another one can then be withdrawn for the next train to use that section of track.

You can see the staffs sitting at the bottom of the machine in the photo. Sometimes the staff design had a key at the bottom to unlock points (switches) at sidings along the way for trains that had to drop off or pick up wagons.

You can find out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_(railway_signalling)
 
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Pete_W said:
Travis,

That machine is an electric staff exchanger (sometimes called a token exchanger). It was a critical part of the safe-working systems used in railways in the past.

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You can find out more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_(railway_signalling)
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Huh! That's something I never would have expected, and it sounds very cool. Going to have to take a look. :)

That kind of story is something that usually interests me, so I try to put it in for my long photo posts; I'm never sure if it's interesting or annoying for others, though.
 
Travis Butler said:
Huh. That'

Huh! That's something I never would have expected, and it sounds very cool. Going to have to take a look. :)

That kind of story is something that usually interests me, so I try to put it in for my long photo posts; I'm never sure if it's interesting or annoying for others, though.
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They are cool machines from a bygone era, although probably still in use in some parts of the world.

When I worked for the railways back in the early 1980s they were still in use on single line sections of track so I got to use them. At unattended locations, I had a key to let myself into the small lineside hut, put the staff back into one machine and then get a staff out of the other machine for the next section.

At locations where the staff machine was in the signal box and operated by a signalman, the staff was usually put into a sling (a cane hoop with a leather strap) and exchanged "on the fly" from the cab of the locomotive, with the driver or assistant driver leaning out of the cab window or door. You can see this in the 7th photo of Paul's first post.

I found this link to my local home state railway system that explains more about it:

The photo on the bottom of page 15 of this PDF is of a line that I worked on around 1982. I exchanged staffs with the signalman on a number of occasions at that very location. The first time I did it, I dropped the hoop!
 
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To add to this excellent explanation by @Pete_W , in the photo below, you can see the driver holding out the token in its carrier (which looks a bit like a tennis racket) ready for the signalman to take it.


P1R20344_1600.jpg
  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 24-105/F4
  • ƒ/4
  • 104mm
  • 1/200s
  • ISO 80
 
Very nice.
It reminds me of the HO model railways of earlier years in my youth from "Fleischmann" and "Märklin" with "Faller" model houses.
But now in real life. :)
 
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