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No daytime service .... - 7933/12810 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Friday, 17th October 2008  We're back to that time of year when the only possible pictures of passenger trains at Melksham are in the hours of darkness ... Re: No daytime service .... - 7933/12820 Written by James on Monday, 27th October 2008 To which I would just like to remind our fellow passengers, supporters and spotters alike that using flash photography to moving trains is dangerous and can distract the drivers attention, and is against the national rail photography guidelines! For anyone who is unsure what these are, I have included a link: English: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/guidelines_for_rail_enthusiasts.html Welsh is also available! Re: No daytime service .... - 7933/12821 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Tuesday, 28th October 2008 [quote author=James link=topic=7933.msg12820#msg12820 date=1225149391] To which I would just like to remind our fellow passengers, supporters and spotters alike that using flash photography to moving trains is dangerous and can distract the drivers attention, and is against the national rail photography guidelines! [/quote] James, that is a good reminder to make from time to time. Readers who are familiar with the TransWilts line will realise from a quick look at the picture above that it's "natural light" - or rather lit only by the lights of Melksham Station. I did not use flash / never do so in contravention of the rule that Jim has quoted. Here is a picture taken less than a minute later with the same settings ...  Re: No daytime service .... - 7933/12824 Written by chris from nailsea on Tuesday, 28th October 2008 Indeed, grahame - no amount of flash would make Melksham less than instantly recognisable in just its 'natural light'! Re: No daytime service .... - 7933/12825 Written by philmcm on Wednesday, 29th October 2008 [quote author=Graham Ellis link=topic=7933.msg12821#msg12821 date=1225194948] Readers who are familiar with the TransWilts line will realise from a quick look at the picture above that it's "natural light" - or rather lit only by the lights of Melksham Station. I did not use flash / never do so in contravention of the rule that Jim has quoted. [/quote] I would have thought readers who are on even the flimsiest of terms with photography would have realised from a quick look at the picture above that it's "natural light". My Mum's well over 80 and uses nothing more technologically advanced than a Boots disposable camera on the odd occasion she wants to capture a family memory. Even she took one look at the photo above (she lives near the station, and was interested in seeing the picture since a train arriving at Melksham is such a novelty these days) and said "ooh, you should have used a flash, dear" ;D link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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