Not all shunting is bucolic!
You've obviously never observed shunting at a one engine in steam/one loco in diesel branch terminus and having to do the entire shunt in the short time allocated to it between passenger trains, I had plans of a leisurely set of photographs of the Pembroke Dock coal shunt, from when the driver collected the token at Tenby I was having to really get my foot down to attempt to get there first, for those who know the roads in the area it was 'interesting' to say the least, and I still came a poor second.
My plans for a carefully staged set of shots became a panic stricken abandonment of the car, running up and down the yard like a headless chicken trying to keep up with the shunter, and forgetting any thoughts of getting some shots of the return empties and the token exchange back at Tenby.
Mike.