1943 Kodachrome Santa Fe ASA 10

Don, that is a classic shot. Is it one of yours?

I think it's one of Jack Delano's. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878095/

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David

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Delano

Jack Delano and Kodachrome - that was an epic combination!

https://www.shorpy.com/node/624

Great shots!

Keep them coming Don!

Happy Easter!

Mark

vintage prophet posted:

Great shots!

Keep them coming Don!

Happy Easter!

Mark

Why not just visit the Shorpy site, by using the link provided above? There are dozens and dozens of spectacular photos there.

I would not even make a guess at how long the engine house laborer had to stand still with that brush for a low-light, small aperture ASA 10 photo.  That one is a classic!  To a Santa Fe True Believer, there is so much to see there.  Thanks for posting it.  And my hat is off, to Jack Delano, whose personal record has been posthumously awarded ten merits, for archivally photographing then-daily scenes during some of Santa Fe Railway's greatest years.

If you want to see all of Jack Delano's Kodachromes, here is the actual source at the Library of Congress. Shorpy only has a handful by comparision.

https://www.loc.gov/photos/?fa...,+jack&q=FSA/OWI

Pete

Tom,

I'll take a stab on the exposure - around half a second at f/8 if it was sunny, maybe a second if it was cloudy.

The laborer didn't quite stay still - didn't notice until I downloaded the tiff file. Here's a crop from that. Still, quite the picture, as are so many of Jack Delano's. And it's nice to see the notch codes and the marks from the film hangers.

David

4x5 chrome film still makes some of the highest quality images I have ever seen.  I have the full 35 mp full frame DSLR setup that I use almost exclusively these days, but the 4x5 images I shot through both my 1947 Graphlex View and 1953 Crown Graphic remain my most cherished. 

Jonathan and had a 4x5 speed graphic and shot a few shots with Kodachrome but most only in B&W. Tom here's another Santa Fe shot for you that Jack shot. Don

Scale rail,

What an interesting photo. The lead A unit has a cone over the head light, which might indicate it was taken around 1942 - 1944 as I understand that most all the RR's on the west coast places a cone or shield during WWII.

I also like the idea that the tank cars are providing fuel for the diesels, a nice addition for a layout when you don't have room for a large engine facility.

RAY

One more for Tom, I think that must be Tom standing on the right. Another Jack Delano 4x5. March 1943. Westbound Santa Fe freight on a siding at Ricardo, New Mexico, waiting for the eastbound train to pass. Don

Ray,

RE the cone on the headlight.  I find such details of life during WWII fascinating.  Thanks.

Great post 

RoyBoy posted:

Don, that is a classic shot. Is it one of yours?

Just how old do you think Don is? 

Tremendous shot, though. I do miss Kodachrome. There is a reason Paul Simon wrote a song about it.

One I really like - you can almost feel the floor shake from the forging hammer.

March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. shops, Albuquerque. Hammering out a drawbar on the steam drop hammer in the blacksmith shop."

https://www.shorpy.com/node/4886

Started scrolling through some of Jack Delano's pix on the LOC site. Here's another one:

Caption:

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad train.

David

scale rail posted:

One more for Tom, I think that must be Tom standing on the right. 

Haha, yes, if I had been born right after World War I instead of World War II, that would have been me, standing there with the Brakeman, checking my watch and tapping my foot in frustration because the Chief, which we are there to meet, is late.  

Number 90 posted:

scale rail posted:

One more for Tom, I think that must be Tom standing on the right. 

Haha, yes, if I had been born right after World War I instead of World War II, that would have been me, standing there with the Brakeman, checking my watch and tapping my foot in frustration because the Chief, which we are there to meet, is late.  

Take careful note as to the steam locomotive in that photo, Tom.

GG1 4877 posted:

4x5 chrome film still makes some of the highest quality images I have ever seen.  I have the full 35 mp full frame DSLR setup that I use almost exclusively these days, but the 4x5 images I shot through both my 1947 Graphlex View and 1953 Crown Graphic remain my most cherished. 

GG1 4877,

I couldn't agree with you more concerning 4x5 chrome film.  Its still amazing how sharp the image was as the detail was so crisp using large format film.  I cut my teeth in photography shooting with a 4x5 view camera before I transitioned into 35mm and now to digital. 

I still have my German made 4x5 hand made camera from the 30's or 40's that I picked up at a "garage sale" in 1972 from a WWII war veteran that "Liberated" it.   I really miss shooting with it and developing my own film and making enlargements from it.  Too bad film development and printing is becoming a lost art.

Ray of sunshine posted:

Scale rail,

 

What an interesting photo. The lead A unit has a cone over the head light, which might indicate it was taken around 1942 - 1944 as I understand that most all the RR's on the west coast places a cone or shield during WWII.

I also like the idea that the tank cars are providing fuel for the diesels, a nice addition for a layout when you don't have room for a large engine facility.

RAY

 

Or in the WWII/early transition era.  Picture of SUPER CHIEF at ABQ?

I believe #90 and this locomotive live in the same town these days. 

Yes, that is the Madame Queen on the siding.  And, yes, she and Tom reside in the same West Texas town in the Panhandle.  Always like going there when my brother lived there, and stopping by for the delicious 72oz steak on the East side of town...……..

Jesse   TCA

Last I heard the fate of the "Madame Queen" was in limbo.  Googling around I couldn't find if her fate was ever resolved (or I overlooked it.)

Rusty

Here are a couple of mid 1970s Kodachrome 64 35mm slides...

These images were shot when the Baldwin Sharks 1205 and 1216 came through Youngstown, Ohio on their way to the D&H. The D&H painted them into the D&H livery and ran them for a few years.

Unfortunately these locomotives are now hidden away somewhere in Michigan with an owner who absolutely refuses to sell them or allow anyone to see even them.

I use to process Kodachrome in my home darkroom. Now I only do B&W.

These are two Kodak Color Darkroom Data-guides that I use to use for processing Color Negative & Color Transparencies.

This is page 2 & 3 that shows the Pathway to Color.

This is page 4 & 5 giving all the specs for Kodachrome, along with all the specs for all Kodak Reversal Films & Negative Films.

I use a Beseler 23C II with a manual color head, for the prints.  Now I only do B&W prints and negatives.  Most of the B&W film is still available along with the darkroom chemicals, and photographic paper.

This is the darkroom under red lights for printing B&W prints.  The negatives are removed from the film cassette in total darkness or a changing bag. In the bag the film is spooled onto a processing real and then processed in daylight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...amp;feature=emb_logo

One of my favorite tunes is Simon & Garfunkel - “Kodachrome”  (from The Concert in Central Park). This song tells the story about Kodak’s Kodachrome.  2.5 M Views on YT. -  Check it out.

Gary

Gary - did you really process Kodachrome at home? It was a much more complicated process than E-4 or E-6 (Ektachrome and other compatible films).

David

NKP Muncie posted:

Gary - did you really process Kodachrome at home? It was a much more complicated process than E-4 or E-6 (Ektachrome and other compatible films).

David

Hi David:

Taught H.S. Photography for 36 years. In the advance class we always did a unit on color slides.  Using the Kodak, K-14 Process in Individual Packs. I would not use this process with my Yearbook students, because Yearbook Photos are extremely valuable for the books production.

We also used the Kodak E-6 Process for Ektachrome.

In the 70’s & 80’s the yearbook publishers wanted us to send in color slides for color pages. These slides went to a commercial lab for processing. All the Yearbook Publishers would make the color separations to make the offset plates from color slides.

Kodak Kodachrome will always come out best when done by a commercial lab. 

B&W Photography is the way to go for high school students. It is still being taught today, along side with digital, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom & InDesign. Students today still enjoy traditional B&W Photography, and all the magic that happens in a modern darkroom.

Hope this helps: Gary

Thanks for the info, Gary.

I had never heard of "home" processing for K-14. Done E-6 and C-41 - and I vaguely remember some transparency process in the 1970s where I had to use a really bright bulb - 500 watts stands out, but I could be wrong - to expose the film between chemicals.

I haven't had a darkroom in some years - I've gone to a couple rental darkrooms in New York since moving here about 12 years ago.

David

Anyone remember Cibachrome?

I used to make Cibachrome prints from 35mm slides.

Nothing like slow B&W film properly exposed and developed.

Actually, digital is nice, but it does not have the charater of negative nor slide!

Rich, I still have some prints I made of the 4449. I was shooting 35mm and 2 1/4 at that time. Had a 4x5 Beseler enlarger then. Did lots of 11x14 prints with the Cibachrome system. Don 

I liked the  red and silver on the passenger locomotives, and this scheme for freight locomotives almost (but not quite) as much.

But I don't know if it's just me, but I thought the later removal of the red stripe separating the blue and yellow on the loco

made less of a pretty good  looking locomotive.

Ed

Was 103 the first FT ABBA set for ATSF?

@Dominic Mazoch posted:

Was 103 the first FT ABBA set for ATSF?

Nope.  Santa Fe's first FT ABBA set was numbered 100LA and 101LA.  Hence the the FT's being referred to as the 100 class.

The 101LA was quickly renumbered to 100BC, resulting in 100LABC for a four unit set.  The suffixes did not appear on the numberboards. 

Rusty

Getting the KODACHROME look using LIGHTROOM & PHOTOSHOP with presets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...amp;feature=emb_logo

In this YT video the photographer will show us how to develop or purchase preset packs  to get Kodachrome images with your digital camera. He likes these film stocks. To get Historic Kodachrome Images.

Kodachrome - 1935
Kodachrome - 1935 - Faded
Kodachrome - 1935 - Saturated

Kodachrome - 1961
Kodachrome - 1961 - Faded
Kodachrome - 1961 - Saturated

Kodachrome - 1974
Kodachrome - 1974 - Faded
Kodachrome - 1974 - Saturated

Check it out…… You may want to try this the next time you are out rail-fanning.

Gary

@trainroomgary posted:

Hi David:

Taught H.S. Photography for 36 years. In the advance class we always did a unit on color slides.  Using the Kodak, K-14 Process in Individual Packs. I would not use this process with my Yearbook students, because Yearbook Photos are extremely valuable for the books production.

We also used the Kodak E-6 Process for Ektachrome.

In the 70’s & 80’s the yearbook publishers wanted us to send in color slides for color pages. These slides went to a commercial lab for processing. All the Yearbook Publishers would make the color separations to make the offset plates from color slides.

Kodak Kodachrome will always come out best when done by a commercial lab. 

B&W Photography is the way to go for high school students. It is still being taught today, along side with digital, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom & InDesign. Students today still enjoy traditional B&W Photography, and all the magic that happens in a modern darkroom.

Hope this helps: Gary

Hi Gary, I had a photography studio in Chicago  back in the 90s where I did headshots out of my apartment. I also shot pictures for the Performing Arts Guild and a performing arts newspaper called Perform Ink. I did mostly B&W. I didn't developed my negatives, but I did my prints in my bathroom. The in-larger sat on the toilet. I had to move to go. My apartment always smelled of developing. I had a print rinser in my shower that ran constant water. 

It paid my bills for a few years, but actors and models don't have money. I ended up driving a truck after I moved in with my wife. ( soon to be then)

I bought most of my equipment (stobe, soft boxes) from Nelix and a 700 watt strobe box (I bought from another photogragher) 

Nelix was mind blowing. Anything photography they had it. Four floors.

It was called Photography by Dennis.

@Rich Melvin posted:

Anyone remember Cibachrome?

I used to make Cibachrome prints from 35mm slides.

Yes Rich! For many years my wife worked in a copy and shipping store. They had an amazing Cibachrome machine. I remember a nice Car & Driver Jeep article and she copied a page from that which looked like an original print on photographic paper and vibrant colors...still have 2 of them somewhere.

Tom