The Night Trains

The 1218 is a home run! The 611 still has enough light to reveal some of the elegant curves. It may not be what you were going for but is it still a pretty good shot. Just my opinion.

The 1218 is sharper but the 611 looks as if it is moving at speed and the slight mistiness surrounding it gives it a kind of mystic quality. On balance the 611 may be the more powerful shot but both are very good

Dan both photographs are excellent but when put together they seem to compete with each other, with people opting for one loco or the other. I myself perfer loco 1218 because of the extra detail visible on it. I'm sure this is not the reaction you intended. Because the locos are seperating left and right the viewer is inclined to look at one loco only. What occured to me is if both locos were travelling in the same direction it would be easier for the viewer to take both of then in at the one look. This would mean that you would have to mirror one of them and see how they look. I understand that the loco number would be back to front but it is the overall combined images that I would concerned with.