by Gregg Obst on February 20, 2010
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The indoor station area at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Because of a very demanding work schedule, I haven’t picked up a camera in a month so I decided to go down to the Museum because it’s one of my favorite places to shoot and I wanted to try out some new techniques.
For more information on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, visit their web site at <a href=”http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/index.shtml” rel=”nofollow”>www.rrmuseumpa.org/index.shtml</a>.
I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames at .7 stop increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image to create the final product.
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by Gregg Obst on February 7, 2010
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This self propelled diesel passenger rail car had a carrying capacity of 90 passengers. They were built by the Budd Company in Philadelphia between the years of 1949–1962. A total of 398 were built. The car features a stainless steel body, 85 feet in length, an air braking system and a hydraulic torque converter transmission. It was powered by twin GM 110 diesel engines manufactured by Detroit Diesel which was a subsidiary of General Motors. The cars were primarily adopted for passenger service in rural areas with low traffic density or in short-haul commuter service, and were less expensive to operate in this context than a traditional locomotive-drawn train. The Lehigh Valley Railroad owned two of these RDC-1 cars (#s 40 and 41).
More information on the Budd RDC-1 can be found on www.budd-rdc.org/.
Taken back on Saturday 8-22-2009 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA.
For more information on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, visit their web site at www.rrmuseumpa.org/index.shtml.
I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image to create the final product.
Tagged as:
HDR,
Photos,
Trains