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RailwayPhotographyNo. 223 September 20072On the CoverTheRailwayCentre.ComYour primary source of railway information at a clickThe complimentary e-magazine for the quality Railway PhotographerLeft: Class 423 No. 423009 heads a Nedvedicespecial from Brnostation on 8 July 2007.Known as ‘Big Bulls’,the Class 423s were builtbetween 1922-46 and theforerunner of Class 433, anumber of which are alsostill active in the CzechRepublic. Ian CowleyContentsThe new EMU era arrivesIt could be many years agoIts all a question of speedRailway PictorialNever again in the WestCzech celebrations at NedvediceFrom a Different ViewpointSubmissions toRailway PhotographyEditorial details3456121416The publishers of Railway Photography -TheRailwayCentre.Com Ltd - welcomesubmissions for inclusion.We are looking for high resolution,good clear, but above all sharp imagesof any railway subject. Submissionsshould be sent by email in the .jpgformat to rp@therailwaycentre.complease make sure that attachments areno larger than 6mb. We are happy toreceive high-quality scans of negativesand slides. With all submissions pleasemake sure you include your name andfull details about the picture, includingcamera and exposure details.As Railway Photography is distributedfree of charge, we are unable to offerreproduction fees.We are happy to consider smalleditorial features on aspects of railwayphotography.Editor: Colin J. MarsdenDesign: TRC PublishingRailway Photography is published byTheRailwayCentre.Com LtdPO Box 45Dawlish, DevonEX7 9XYTel: 01626 862320E.Mail: rp@therailwaycentre.com©therailwaycentre.com Ltd 2007This issue of Railway Photography marksone year of publication and I would liketo thank all those who have supported thisventure. When the publication was startedits intention was to give a window for someof the excellent photographic material fromall corners of the world that would notnormally be seen in the printed media.By looking at the e-mails and commentswe appear to have achieved our aims quitewell. We have ‘published’ over 800 railwayillustrations and tried to help many peoplewith their photographic art, by offeringsimple easy to follow ‘guides’ to the complexsubject of digital railway photography.It is our intention to produce an allRailway Photographyencompassing railway digital photographyguide in the future, giving tips onphotography, presentation, submissions ofmaterial and ways in which you can digitiseyour long held colour and black and whitenegatives and slides.Watch out for a full announcement on thisand other special TRC publishing productswe have lined up for release in early 2008.In the meantime keep on sending in yourmaterial, either digital exposures or highqualityscans of older material, we have aconstant request for the ‘older’ subjects!Colin J. MarsdenEditorBelow: 2007 is likely to go down in railway history as the year of the hauled HST, as most weeks from February at leasttwo moves have taken place between First Great Western’s depot at Laira, Plymouth to either the Ilford or Derby plantof Bombardier Transportation who are undertaking the fleet refurbishment. In the main these trains have been hauled byFirst/GBRf Class 66/7s, with a few ‘hired’ Class 47s for good measure. It has certainly provided some excellent chancesfor photography of interesting loco-hauled trains. On 28 August 2007, ‘Barbie’-liveried No. 66726 passes the decrepitremains of Dawlish signal box as it formed the 07.00 Laira - Derby formed of two barrier cars and four Mk3s forrefurbishment. Colin J. MarsdenPhotographic details: Camera: Nikon D200, Lens: Nikon 50mm prime, ISO: 400, Exposure: 1/750 at f5.6Right: In a clockwork operation undertaken at Southampton Docks on 23 August 2007, the first of 29 six-car Class395 ‘Bullet’ trains was offloaded for domestic HS1 services between Kent and London St Pancras International. Thetrain, built by Hitachi in Japan was transported to the UK on board the 67,140 tonne Wallenius Wilhelmsen ship MVTarago, which had taken six weeks to steam from the port of Kobe in Japan. After all six vehicles were off-loaded the trainwas formed up and hauled by EWS to the new depot at Ashford one week later. Four Class 395s will be in the UK by theend of the year, with the balance due to arrive in early 2009 in readiness for service introduction in December 2009. In2012, these sets will operate the special Olympic ‘Javelin’ service between St Pancras and Stratford taking athletes andspectators to the London Olympics. One of the driving cars for set No. 395001 is seen on the quayside after being railed.Colin J. MarsdenPhotographic details: Camera: Nikon D200, Lens: Nikon 17-35mm zoom @ 30mm, ISO: 200, Exposure:1/750 at f5.6