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Article Railway Photo Charters Events are put on with special days for photography. These are usually photo charters as opposed to being put on by the railways. On these days a number of photographers will go out on trains usually well polished for the event, and at a point along the line they get off, into position and the train is run along once or several times to allow them to get the photographs, the train will often be accelerating and using smoke cartridges, producing more smoke and steam than it would normally. In some cases more than one train may be in use, for example they may also have a goods train, and switch engines providing 4 train sets. If you know when these days are on, and can predict the timing and where they will stop, you can use public access to also take advantage of these days, however the promoters of these events would far prefer you to be paying than having a free advantage on the back of their expenditure and organisation, so they are not widely promoted as they approach. Press days are similar to photo charters, but are perhaps shorter time wise and simpler, with often more standing trains than runby's. Often a far longer time is spent at each location which is more likely to be a station or halt. We have not been able to produce a full listing of those who organise photo charters, and any information that you have that would help us to expand the information available would be most welcome. If you want to attend as a paying guest at one of these events then take a look at:-
You will also find some listed occasionally in photographic magazines and in magazines for railway enthusiasts, although most seem to be with photos after the event. Once you have been on one, you will make the contacts and most likely find out about a lot more. There are more running than we see promoted, and some organisers have groups of regulars who attend, so don't need to advertise. If you want to attend a charter on a particular railway you could try asking the railway who is organising charters and you may be lucky. Once you contact the people running the charter again you may or not get further information. There are many other rail charters, aimed at providing a steam experience. Many railways run dining experiences some fish and chip specials and you will also find a range of companies and others running other steam tourism experiences. Links to some of these can be found in our Further Information page.
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