Simon Abbott Photography

15/11/2022

One from earlier this year

25/10/2022

This morning’s partial eclipse. The middle image showing at its peak at 10:58.

16/10/2022

Fountains Abbey by floodlight last night.
Sat 15.10.22
Difficult conditions with heavy rain & wind, and people waving torches everywhere. 😂
Typically the rain stopped as we made our way out.

11/10/2022

Sir Nigel Gresley on NYMR today
LNER A4 'Sir Nigel Gresley' No. 4498 (60007)
Sir Nigel Gresley was the 100th Gresley Pacific built by the Great Northern Railway / London and North Eastern Railway. Built at Doncaster as works N°1863, the locomotive entered service in 1937 following a naming ceremony at Marylebone station on 26th November.
When built, the locomotive was originally going to have been called Bittern until someone noticed that this would be the 100th Gresley-designed Pacific. So it was decided to name her after her designer Sir Nigel Gresley.

The locomotive was mainly based at London King's Cross, with a spell at Grantham during World War II, and was briefly re-numbered as N°7 before becoming N°60007 when the LNER was merged into British Railways. On 3rd June 1956, Sir Nigel Gresley had the honour of hauling the Royal Train from King's Cross to York with H.M the Queen on board. The "Stephenson Locomotive Society Special" of the 23rd May 1959 was the first train in the UK with a booked or advertised schedule of over 100 m.p.h. and during that trip, N°60007 set the official post-war speed record for steam traction of 112 mph

Fresh from an overhaul it is seen in a temporary semi-matt livery, with the repaint to Caledonian Blue delayed as further work is needed on the locomotive.

03/08/2022

Bingley Five Rise Locks.

29/07/2021

20/07/2021

Roseberry Topping sunset 19.07.21

20/07/2021

Rosberry Topping sunset last night 19.07.21.
A shot a long time in planning. Covid / shielding last year. Work. Busy etc Prior
Heather just perfect. Sky spot on
Sun still setting NW to make the shot.
Landscape photography still needs work.
But so happy with the outcome. Well worth the trip last night.

19/08/2020

25/04/2020

Been another warm day.
To cool you down- it was minus 6
Feb 14 th 2018
‘ The Sun Voyager ‘ in Reykjavík
during blue hour.

24/04/2020

Common Snipe.
One of my favourites from Tophill Low last year.

23/04/2020

Sentinel steam wagon ‘Martha’
Class DG 4P
Works no 8714
Reg KG1123
Taken in 2015 at Thornton Dale on the Friday night road run from the Pickering rally.