Hello, well this is my first real post on my new blog, I have decided to start with a small project I started a few weeks ago. The heavy snow that arrived in the Uk after Christmas lead me to rediscover this incredible short film created in the 1950’s about a steam train trapped in a snowdrift high up on the Pennine fells. To see the film please follow the link!
The film inspired to find what remained of the old railway line where the engine was stranded close to the Stainmore summit. So I decided to create a mini series of photographs based on what I found when I visited the location.
When I got there the weather was bleak, the sky was still heavy with snow and a deep drift lay across the derelict remains of the track bed. I decided to travel light and used a couple of my favourite vintage 120 folding cameras a 6×9 Frauka Rolfix and a Solida III both have Schneider lenses. The film was Kodak TriX 400 which I developed with Prescysol developer.
Cheers
Graham
Graham Vasey 
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