4x5 for 365 project (235/365)

The Annville Railroad Station was originally built in 1895.  After it's life as a P&R Railroad passenger station was over, it was purchased by Ronald Rabena in 1976 who moved the station from Annville to his home along Lewisberry Road to be used as a railroad hobby shop. In 1988 his property was sold and the station needed to be moved or demolished.  A group known as "Friends of Old Annville" purchased the station for $7,000 and contracted with Brecknock Builders of Denver, Lancaster County who disassembled the entire station piece by piece and moved it to its present location at 155 North Moyer Street in Annville.  The plot of land for the station was donated by Robert and Mae Jocham, owners of Eagle Graphics, located across the street from the new station's home. The station is now open to visitors on occassion on Tuesdays, 7-9 PM, and Saturdays, 9 AM-12 noon, or upon request for special occasions.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Yellow-Green filter on lens.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/30 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 9 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

4x5 for 365 project (215/365)

This is the Wellsboro freight station on Charleston Street in Welsboro, Tioga County Pennsylvania.  As best as I could find out, it was built around 1910 and was operated by the New York Central Railroad system.  It is no longer in use and the parking lot seems to be used by the Wellsboro House Brewery restaurant located across the street.

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Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Wratten # 8 filter on lens.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/30 second at F32.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight development tank. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

4x5 for 365 project (5/365)

This is a replica station that was built in the 1990s to look like an old Reading Railroad station from the 1800 and 1900s.  It is located in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania and is home to the business offices of the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad. 

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Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera. 

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  

Film: Ilford Deltaa 100.  100 ISO Negative B&W sheet Film, shot at box speed. 

Exposure: 1/15th second @ F22. The exposure was difficult on this one as we had vanishing afternoon Winter light and approaching mist on the mountain behind the station.  I was only left with enough light for a single shot otherwise I would have tried for a more interesting composition.

Development: Self Developed film in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung on shower curtain to dry on film clips. 

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.  Cropped to taste in Lightroom 4.