railway photography
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Recreating the Past: Why Railway Photography Still Chases the Spirit of the 1980s
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Railway photography has always been more than documentation. For many enthusiasts, it is about capturing a fleeting moment in time — preserving memories while also creating images that echo the atmosphere of a vanished railway era. In this reflective feature from Railways Illustrated (December 2025), photographer Chris Gee explores why recreating the look and feel…
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Living Life in the Past Lane: Recreating 1980s Scottish Railways in Photographs
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Railway photography is both a historical record and an art form — a way of freezing a moment in time while capturing atmosphere, memory and emotion. For photographer Chris Gee, it is also about recreating the feel of the past, particularly the early 1980s, by carefully composing images that could plausibly have been taken decades…
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Networking Opportunities: How Network SouthEast’s 1989 Rover Opened the Door to a Class 50 Adventure
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Network SouthEast’s Network Days were among the most memorable opportunities offered to rail enthusiasts during the sectorisation era — and one such day, on 10 June 1989, provided the backdrop for a determined quest to experience as many Class 50 locomotives as possible in a single outing. For a modest fare, Network Days allowed passengers…
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