Tiles in the Tunnel

One of my favourite places along the Black Path is the tunnel which carries the railway line from the Lackenby grids to the mainline.

It retains most of it’s delightful tiles, graffiti adorned, I couldn’t be happier with this image taken in October 2020.

Tiled tunnel…
The Black Path (25/10/2020)
Minolta X-300, Minolta 45mm lens
AGFA AGFACOLOR Optima ISO 125

Good Timing…

Good timing…
The Black Path (25/10/2020)
Minolta X-300, Minolta 45mm lens
AGFA AGFACOLOR Optima ISO 125

Whilst lining up an image a yellow Network Rail inspection train rolled past, I took a photo hoping to capture it as a blur – didn’t expect the logo to be lined up like this though!

The freight train is rolling by…

Container the excitement…
The Black Path, Cargo Fleet
(04/11/2020)
Minolta X-300, Photax Super Paragon 28mm Lens
Expired Jessops Diamond Everyday

Freight traffic has been a feature of the railways in Teesside since the coming of the railways. It was in a noticeable decline for quite some time.

Things do seem to have got slightly better though. With new traffic flows and the pushing of Tees Dock as a port, where this train of containers was headed.