hamey Posted December 19, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 19, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Last month whils't Driving one off our express I over took this preserved vintage steam train, probably Driver training. Grabing my R7, quickly pre focused, set on Auto, slid the window open, poked the R7 through and fired, not possible for whole body as window is to small. Very pleased with the result just Love the slide and Leica R. R7 + 50mm F2 with Kodak 100GX. Ken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Hi hamey, Take a look here Vintage capture. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pauledell Posted December 19, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 19, 2009 Ken, An excellent shot with great composition, colors and sharpness. Well done. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted December 19, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 19, 2009 I love it when a "grab" shot turns out well. Congratulations! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinetar Posted December 20, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 20, 2009 Nice capture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 20, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 20, 2009 Ken - Terrific subject and grab shot. I've not seen engines with panels like those red ones. Any idea why they are there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamey Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share #6 Posted December 22, 2009 Thank you Gentlemen. Stuart. They are called smoke deflectors, the adea was to lift the smoke from the Locomotive cabs. Not many American Railroads used them however the New York Central and the Union Pacific did. Most German Locomotives had them as some British, Australian, South African etc etc used them as well. Ken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted December 27, 2009 Share #7 Posted December 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well done, great capture! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rf382 Posted December 27, 2009 Share #8 Posted December 27, 2009 Stuart, I posted a photo of the brand new British steam locomotive "Tornado" a few months ago. Like the other 49 of the class built in 1947, it was fitted with smoke deflectors. Without these, at certain speeds, and in certain weather conditions, the smoke used to swirl around the driver's cab, seriously impeding visibility. As a result of several serious accidents, smoke deflectors were introduced on most British railways steam locomotives. Excellent picture, Ken. David, Isle of Man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdannn Posted March 1, 2010 Share #9 Posted March 1, 2010 I really enjoy the train shots. Thanks for posting. Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted March 1, 2010 Share #10 Posted March 1, 2010 Ken . . . . i love that photo ! i started nit-picking this and that in my mind about cropping etc etc , and torched my comments . . . i love that photo just the way it is ! David . . . that's a great shot that i had not seen before. is there a railroad thread around here somewhere? ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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