Miscellaneous Railroad Cars......

A note about Rail Car Humping:

Unidentified Diesel Engine........

52 Rolls Week 16:52

Working with the Holga Special Effects Lens set:

Click Here to see all the details for Week 16.

Rotary Snow Plow

Hope You Were Out Shooting!

We had two photographic options This weekend.  Today was Worldwide Pinhole Day and Doors Open Denver.  Last year we missed Pinhole Day due to a rain out.  This year we were able to do both, AND I also had a concert this weekend........Way over booked!

My choice was ultimately the Holga Pinhole, because I am also doing Holga for the 52 Rolls Project.

All My Pinhole Options!

I have toooooo many choices.  Check in later to find out which cameras I actually used.

Above

Upper Left: 3D Printed Panorama Pinhole

Upper Right: Ilford's Obscura 4X5 Pinhole

Lower Center: Holga Panorama Pinhole

Below

Top: Ondu 6X7 Pinhole (Adjustable)

Botton: Zero Image 6X7 Pinhole (Adjustable)

And if you are planning for next year, take a look at these Vermeer Pinholes.

Getting Ready For Worldwide Pinhole Day!

Tomorrow is Worldwide Pinhole day.  Get out and Shoot!

And it's not too Late to find an Event near you.  Just click on the Link above.

And consider doing something Different with your Pinhole.

Well Worn Freight Car

With a detail from the suspension:  A Bettendorf Wheel Mount.

52 Rolls Week #15

A Mixed bag of shots with the Woca:

Here a preview of Double Exposures to come.  Just finished an entire roll  of them.

More from Week #15 Posted Here.

Kitchen and Box Car for the Denver & Rio Grande

Car # 04255 was a Kitchen Car Restored at the Museum.........

And details from a Boxcar.........

Details from Engine 491: Lessons Learned

Note to self, always take a photo of the front of the Engine so you can identify it later........This I did not do for Engine 491.  However, it had a unique pipe system which allowed me to identify it later:

Some information on Engine 491, and if you look closely you can see the pipes.......


Engine 491 was our first stop inside the Museum and I got really caught up in the gears, machinery and textures:

Engine 191 and the Galloping Goose

Engine 191, a vintage 1880's narrow gauge locomotive (oldest surviving engine in Colorado),  flanked by two examples of the Galloping Goose.  Click on the links for more historical information.

52 Rolls Week #14

Fun with Holga Special Effects Lenses.

View the complete Special Effects Posts on 52 Rolls.

Rio Grande Reprise

Rio Grande Engines Old (Engine 5771)  and Older (Engine 318)

Saturdays Online: Engine 5629 & Heritage Railroads

One of the last of its kind in service, Engine 5629:

Needing some scale I included a photographer (below).  These wheels were ~ 5 feet in diameter.

Details of the lubricating system below:

Start here to checkout links to your Local Heritage Railroads.

Ending the Week.......

With the End of the Train..........

I've had a busy week at a conference....and dozens of great images from the Railroad Museum to edit.  So I'm finally on track to start my posting in earnest: Caboose 49.

A selection of three Cabooses from the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.

If you Google the Caboose # you'll get a link to it's history....e.g. Caboose 0578

Caboose 04990

In fact all Engines and Cabooses have unique numbers that you can search on the web for more information.......

52 Rolls Week #13: At the Colorado Railroad Museum

I took the Holga along to the Colorado Railroad Museum.......

Click Here For more Holga Images.......Stay tuned on the Blog for More Mamiya 645 Images.

Colorado Railroad Museum

Fabulous Workshop a couple of weeks ago with Eli Vega.

Engine #191 at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden

Saturdays Online: A Note On Wanton Destruction!

Just as we care about our wildlife and wouldn't want to cause unnecessary damage to the environment.  It would have been 'nice' if this editor from the Farm Security Administration hadn't been so arrogant as to think he knew what should be preserved for posterity.

Imagine someone taking a hole punch to your negatives!