Lehigh and New England Caboose 583, Steamtown National Historic Site (click image to enlarge)

Nikon D810, 2.5 sec, f/13, 58mm, ISO 200

The image above is the side of caboose 583 from the Lehigh and New England railroad line. You can see a sister caboose, 581, in a rail yard by scrolling to the bottom of this website.

The amount of detail in this image, such as rivet heads, rust streaks, straight lines, circles and text add a lot of visual interest to a rather simple image. I also found it interesting how crisp edges of the text, white circles, and yellow line contrast with the rust streaks.

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Train Locomotive Machinery, Steamtown National Historic Site (click image to enlarge)

Nikon D810, 2.5 sec, f/13, 58mm, ISO 200

I knew that I would convert this image to black and white when I captured it. When converted to black and white, the red items turned grey and ceased to be of interest in the image. So I converted the image to black and white, then used a layer mask to keep the red items red. In this way I was able to get the best of both worlds: the old time feeling of a black and white image, and the visual impact of the red valves and levers.

Steamtown National Historic Site: 41.407301° -75.671255°

Illinois Central Locomotive, Steamtown National Historic Site (click image to enlarge)

Nikon D810, 1/30 sec, f/9.0, 38mm. ISO 200

The image above presents a front view of the boiler for Illinois Central locomotive 790. The locomotive sits in the center of Steamtown National Historic Site surrounded by buildings. I wandered around and around the locomotive but could not get a clear composition showcasing the locomotive itself. There was always a large building with lots of windows in the background which I found distracting within the image. During post processing I decided to simplify things and just focus on the front of the locomotive boiler.

Not a great image, but the bluish/white streaks and texture do add visual interest.

Steamtown National Historic Site: 41.407301° -75.671255°

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