Swanwick Junction (April 2019)

Swanwick Junction is part of a heritage railway on the former Ambergate to Pye Bridge line closed in the 1960's and now run by Midland Railway - Butterley. The visit was part of several outdoor watercolour painting days I attended during April and May all on the broad theme of transportation.

I really enjoyed the day particularly as I was a railway enthusiast as a child. Many of the locomotives being preserved at Swanwick Junction were in service at the time when I had the greatest interest and it bought back lots of memories.

Once the painting session had finished there was enough time for some photography. The subjects that appealed the most were the surfaces and textures of the old wagons, carriages and engines including rust, peeling paint, great colours etc. These were some of the results: