Railway pictures (10)

mambo wrote: I like the shot very much. TFS.

+1 Nice Kelly! That first shot of the 119 in particular.

Thanks Fred!

These next four photos were taken with (IMO) very special landscape lens, Zeiss Batis 18mm f2.8 Of course for this type of photo you are going to get some typical WA distortion, but nevertheless, very nice photos.

Locomotive 119



Locomotive 60, Jupiter



119 low perspective



Together

Great engines and photo's Kelly (all of the Promontory series of 119 and 60), they really look like show pieces and you can hardly imagine they are replicas built 50 years ago. So they're already a respectable age by themselves.

Did they pull any trains, or were they just moving around as single engines?

Doc!
Excellent photos, taken by an experienced railroad photographer, from whom I have learned much
The engines look so good out there on the prairie / desert, without the crowds, in their natural western element. Where they came to life. Inside I just wish they were the real deal, but that's OK

I assume that last Great photo is you and the Mrs./ God Bless


I'm just going to post a favorite of mine from the Sacratomato, California State RR Museum to entice

The museum states that it was received from the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe RR, so I assume it is an original Santa Fe f series engine. To me thats a Big deal not an overpainted something else, It says then was painted War Bonnet scheme. If you look close, it looks like a pretty banged up war horse, the museum tried to keep as original as possible. I guess

One note the photo was taken w my inexpensive, bought out of frustration w Sony KamLan f 1.1, 50mm
hand held in a rather dark museum    


A Day at the California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento
by /photos/purple-bullet/Coast

its my computers wallpaper right now

[QUOTE=Coast] Doc!
Excellent photos, taken by an experienced railroad photographer, from whom I have learned much
The engines look so good out there on the prairie / desert, without the crowds, in their natural western element. Where they came to life. Inside I just wish they were the real deal, but that's OK

I assume that last Great photo is you and the Mrs./ God Bless


/QUOTE]

Thank you, Joe!

As for those folks in the photo that you mention, well, you are close, they are "All in the family" Dazet, but not me! Its my younger brother Karl and his wife!

As for that pretty F series AT&SF, I think I saw it whern there there. They were working on it, but it din't have SF colors at the time. I assume your photo was taken since we were there a couple years ago. i'll see if I can find a photo.

King regards,

Kelly

PS, liked your photo of your first car, the SS! I grew up driving Dad's VW Beetles, but when I was of to college I bought a 1961 Chevrolet Impala, two toned red and white. Those cars would not have fit on the streets in Germany, nor could anyone afford to buy gasoline for them over there!

Meanwhile, back in the UK, they are celebrating 175 years since Oxford was connected to the railway with the GWR branch line from Didcot.

The locomotive was completed in 1923. According to the local newspaper, 'The Flying Scotsman was taken off the rails from active service in 1963 with the aim of preserving it for future generations to enjoy.

It was dismantled in 1995 before being restored ... at a cost of more than £750,000.'


The Flying Scotsman | A65 and Tamron SP 70-300mm USD A005S

I also took a short clip on my A7 III and extracted a frame and applied a duotone filter


The Flying Scotsman | A7 III and Samyang AF 35mm f2.8