{"id":2215,"date":"2013-04-24T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2013-04-23T20:12:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T00:12:02","slug":"vistas-with-battersea-park-power-station-london-april-17-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/vistas-with-battersea-park-power-station-london-april-17-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Vistas with Battersea Park Power Station, London, April 17, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

The View From<\/span> Wandsworth Road Station<\/span><\/a> Footbridge.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps London\u2019s most impressive railway backdrop is the disused Battersea Park<\/a> Power Station. It is among London\u2019s industrial icons and famous for its portrayal on the cover of Pink Floyd<\/a>\u2019s 1977-album Animals.<\/i><\/p>\n

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A Southeast Trains EMU from Waterloo Station passes the Battersea Park Power Station on April 17, 2013. Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D fitted with 28-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This location was recommended to me from veterans of railway photography and I first photographed here in the year 2000. The vantage point is from the lightly used suburban station at Wandsworth Road. Until recently, this was served by a loop service connecting London Victoria and London Bridge terminals. Now, the Overground rail network (subject of a future post) serves Wandsworth road.<\/p>\n

Trains stop here every 15 minutes on the run between Clapham Junction and Highbury&Islington stations.<\/p>\n

Several lines converge at Wandsworth Road, and in addition to continual parade of suburban trains are a variety of freight moves. Until a few years ago, Eurostar<\/a> high-speed trains passed on their way to and from Waterloo International. Now, Eurostar serves St. Pancras and take a different route through London.<\/p>\n

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Southeast Trains \u00a0services glide along at Wandsworth Road, London on April 17, 2013. Digital image made with a Canon EOS 7D fitted with 28-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made these images only an hour or so after landing at Heathrow. As I waited for trains, \u00a0helicopters were circling as result of on-going funeral proceedings for Margaret Thatcher. Battersea closed as a generating station in 1983; ironic, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

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Battersea Park Power Station on April 17, 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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