Steamtown-NHS

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I just realized I've reached the 2/3 way through this 365 project.  Yay !

Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Company Diesel Locomotive # DL-2452 sits in the rail yard at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton Pennsylvania.  This locomotive weighs 280,000 pounds, is 59 feet long, has a fuel capacity of 1,660 gallons and generates 2.500 horsepower with a top speed of 70 MPH.  It was built by Alco Products as a model C425, one of 91 in the series made between 1964 and 1966.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Circular polarizer on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
1/8 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Wheel detail on Reading Railroad steam locomotive # 2124 which emerged from the Reading shops in January of 1947.  The 2124 was actually a rebuild of an earlier locomotive, # 2044, built in 1924.  Due to war time steel shortages no new locomotives were being built so Reading repurposed an older locomotive in the building of # 2124.  This is the first locomotive you encounter when entering the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton Pennsylvania.  

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.
Ilford FP4+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
1/8 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped to desired size in post.

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Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Company Diesel Locomotive # DL-3000 sits in the rail yard at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton Pennsylvania.  The locomotive is officially a model MLW M630, built by the Montreal Locomotive Works.  It features six-axles and is powered by a 3,000 horsepower diesel-electric locomotive engine.  The MLW M630 series of locomotives were produced from 1969 through 1973.  

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Circular polarizer on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
1/8 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Reading Railroad diesel locomotive 903 was one of the first six FP7s ordered from the General Motors Electro-Motive Division by the railroad in March 1950 to replace passenger steam locomotives. It and sister Reading 902, seen behind the 903 in this photo, were completed on June 1 of that year and delivered to the Reading via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The pair pulled their first train on June 6. In the following years, the two locomotives sometimes worked together, and sometimes were split, depending on the size of their trains.  Each of these locomotives produced 1,500 horsepower, are 55 feet long, weight 260,000 pounds and hold 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel.  Both 903 and 902 are currently on loan to the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton Pennsylvania where this photo was taken.

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.
Circular polarizer on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
1/2 second at F45.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Union Pacific Steam Locomotive # 4012 which resides on the grounds of the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It's one of the "Big Boys", a series of Locomotives that were designed for hauling large loads of freight (3600 ton train) over mountains passes in Colorado and Wyoming where the incline was often up to a 1.14% grade.  The 25 Big Boys were built in two groups. The first group, called "class 1", were built starting in 1941. They were numbered 4000-4019. The second group, "class 2", were built in 1944. They were numbered 4020-4024. The last revenue freight pulled by a Big Boy was in July of 1959. Most were retired in 1961. The last one was retired in July of 1962. As late as September, 1962, there were still four operational Big Boys at Green River, WY. Most of the Big Boys achieved over a million miles of service during their working life.  The overall length of this locomotive is 132 feet, 9-1/4 inches. It was retired by the Union Pacific in February 1962 after logging 1,029,507 miles. The locomotive cost the UP $265,000 when it was built in the 1940s. The locomotive weighs 1,189,500 pounds and was designed to be operated at speeds of up to 80 miles per hour.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Circular polarizer on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
1/4 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.