Nostalgia & History > few on SP Coast Line Chatsworth . . .

. . All Feb '91 from the B&W files;
top: Westbound Amtrak Coast Starlight between first and second tunnels.
middle: Westbound LA Bay area intermodal following Amtrak.
bottom: Westbound manifest about to enter tunnel under Topanga Canyon Blvd.
JB

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nice shots JB ... i like the B&W effect

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Nice B&W's there JB, thanks for the share.

Kent in CArmel Valley

Used to hang out there, watching trains, as a teenager in the sixties!

Nice Joe, nice.


V

SLOCONDR

Love the B & W JB. Great photos all!!

Bob Helling
PRose

Diggin' those SP shots!

Nice shots, JB.... the limitations of B&W film to accurately render separation between Espee's scarlet red and gray was always a challenge.
Back in those days, I would leave a yellow-green filter on my lens to help render these colors more accurately. NWI chapter NRHS' "Guide to Railroad Photography" specifically outlined this and showed examples of different filters and their effect w/ SP covered wagons on the SFZ at Sacramento, I think.
Some photographers would use a red filter which made the SP scarlet stand out way too much,.. Yellow filters worked fairly well, but I found that the yellow green was just about right.

IC_2024 Wrote:
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> Nice shots, JB.... the limitations of B&W film to
> accurately render separation between Espee's
> scarlet red and gray was always a challenge.
> Back in those days, I would leave a yellow-green
> filter on my lens to help render these colors more
> accurately. NWI chapter NRHS' "Guide to Railroad
> Photography" specifically outlined this and showed
> examples of different filters and their effect w/
> SP covered wagons on the SFZ at Sacramento, I
> think.
> Some photographers would use a red filter which
> made the SP scarlet stand out way too much,..
> Yellow filters worked fairly well, but I found


> that the yellow green was just about right.

Of course, it was limited to how dirty the nose is