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Sometimes a set-up has to be made hurriedly. Here I am recording the Kingston Flyer hauled by Ab795 at Lowther Siding on the South Island. 17/1/75. Photo by Trevor Carr |
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An early version of the "Cocky Cage" was "Invincible", a collapsible windguard that started life as a pot plant greenhouse.
Its disadvantage was that it needed guy ropes to keep it upright. Here a makeshift setup using "Invincible", strings, sticks and counterweighting stones over the high cutting, managed to capture a successful recording of 5461 and 3001. This recording is on the second of our publications: "Double Header". 3/9/83. Photo by Paul Evans. |
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One way to get the some height, when there is no cutting, is to use the car! 5367 climbs out of the Frampton Deviation to begin the descent to Bethungra on a shuttle from Cootamundra to Junee, 8/4/88. Photo by Paul Evans. |
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The "Cocky Cage", perched on the edge of a cutting on Tumulla Bank. We are recording the Bi-Centennial Train, hauled by 3801 and 3642, on its way to Perth: 28/4/88. Photo by Paul Evans. |
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This shot shows Tim Arnot and myself recording the passage of the Flying Scotsman to Muswellbrook on Antiene Bank. 29/4/89. Photo by Brett Richardson. |
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A more recent and extravagant means of getting the height is with the use of a mini-cocky cage attached to an erectable lighting stand.
Here I've been snapped with the complete setup fully erected, waiting for 5910, returning from Murwillumbah, near Bunyabba Loop on 29/5/95. Photo by Paul Hogan |
