Just for Show It's all about TRAINS (open thread)
- Thread starter Gerard Klaassen
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Peter Roberts
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Steam crane, detail.
Minolta SRT303b, Rokkor 50mm f1.8, HP5 (Probably)
Minolta SRT303b, Rokkor 50mm f1.8, HP5 (Probably)
Gerard Klaassen
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I love these kinds of close-ups and the somewhat graphic b&w effect was and still is totally my thing.
Gary Ayala
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Gerard Klaassen
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Peter Roberts
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Thanks Grerard. There I was thinking I might have overdone the graphic effect.......
Peter Roberts
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......so here's another.
Peter Roberts
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Staying in the archive in the late seventies. On the one hand British Rail was wooing potential travelers with the slogan "This is the Age of the Train". On the other the freight arm was doing good business with the transport of import and export cars.
Minolta SRT303b / Rokkor 135mm f2.8 / Scan from print
Minolta SRT303b / Rokkor 135mm f2.8 / Scan from print
Gary Ayala
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Train Collector - Alhambra, California
This guy collects full-size trains. He has constructed a station, Grizzly Flats and an oval track in his backyard. The train runs and he has a few cars. He gives runs to family and friends. His name is Ward Kimball and he was one of the original Disney Imagineers.
Nikon F2 w/Nikkor 20mm - Tri-X - circa 1970's
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Gerard Klaassen
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This is the oldest preserved train in the Netherlands, it's 160 years old this year.
Gerard Klaassen
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Wow, this is amazing, great hobby but I've no backyard!
Gary Ayala
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Yes, truly amazing to have a working train in one's home. Grizzle Flats Station has a raised platform for passengers and an office for tickets. In and about LA, there are a number of model train halls/clubs ... but Kimball has it all. Obviously, Kimball has a large yard, but Alhambra is a suburb of LA, not out in the country. If I remember correctly, Kimball's home was either part of or butted up to an orange grove which become incorporated into his hobby. (It is a tight oval of track.)
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