Dean Forest Railway GWR Branchline Weekend 2-7-2011

Over the weekend of July 2nd and July 3rd 2011, the Dean Forest Railway held a GWR Branchline weekend, showing how rural branch lines in the South West used to be run in GWR Days. Also running for the first time in several years is former PDSR Autocoach 238, which is undergoing restoration back to it's original state.

In this video I've tried to keep to the theme of GWR Branchline by trying to get shots of what a typical branchline would look like. Also apoligies for the exposure varying in shots, the bright sunlight, green leaves and shadows combined with sun glaring down on the camera screen made setting exposure a nightmare.

Thanks to JBTEvans, GJDobbzy, Jakeyboygen, Theonlyadsrulz

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[jamielw143]

@robmasterman Thank you as always Bob, it was a lovely day spent around the forest apart from almost all the paths that surround the line were covered in a thick layer of brambles!

[robmasterman]

You've captured the atmosphere in the Forest superbly Jamie...excellent work again...Bob

[jamielw143]

@Sidmouth34010 Sorry to fill up your inbox, but I've just worked out some of the problems on it, the first shot is level, I think the track is slightly canted away from the camera, the 2nd shot is the previously mentioned spirit level problem where unless you have a bird's eye view, it's hard to get fully accurate, 5521 at the crossing is on a down hill gradient from the camera, and the 5521 PE shot was moved last second as it came in, due to the people in front of the camera.

[jamielw143]

@Sidmouth34010 It's something I have been noticing on the tripod. The spirit level seems slightly off, it shows the bubble in the centre, but when you go slightly away from the tripod and look at it from a distance, it seems to be uneven. On top of that it seems to have a very odd problem where the head will not lock onto it properly sometimes, and will slope the head, it seems to have problems locking it down. Are there any particular clips where it is very obvious? Thank you for the feedback

[Sidmouth34010]

Jamie

nice video marred by some very odd levels on your tripod . Strange viewing thinsgs at 20 degrees rather than horizontal