'The Iron Caterpillar'...

It's brighter up west, as here on Westbury station, where several main lines meet and join.

This great long, segmented line of freight wagons, for rock/minerals (I believe, there's a cement works nearby) actually goes around to the right in the far distance - and out of shot. It also starts well behind me, but I had the Tamron SP 70-300mm at its longest so only a portion are shown here, their perspective truly compressed by the eqv of 450mm, in 35mm terms. Lens stopped well down (f22) and VC (Vibration Control) in operation to get them all sharp.

Originally had a horizontal format version edited, with more of a frame and more carriages, but the gap between the top of them and the mechanisms above was too great and here, whilst the gap is theoretically the same, with more weight and interest in the top, it balances out the pic better.

I am NO trainspotter but am always drawn to geometric shapes and lines in perspective so this was a must - and was just a small part of my morning out. Therefore, no scribbled numbers of loco's in scruffy little notebooks and no anorak was required, the weather almost decent!

For a spot of music, then the band Train are obvious contenders, though the hit song has nothing to do with railways whatsoever. However, it's a good rousing anthemic ditty to keep you all going!

Looking on Large - 'L' key is a very good idea, too!

Title adapted from John Ford's silent 1924 movie 'The Iron Horse', about the railway expansion westward of late 19th C in the U.S.