trains, planes and automobiles......

[magdalen]

from the past
(a rather nostalgic thread)

http://www.armitchell.org/Going%20Home%20by%20John%20Graber.JPG

Train Tracks Through Trinidad:
Historic Aultman Studio photographs
and original art by John Graber

[zero]

.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/322209381_d5150cd4c5_o.jpg (http://www.linkmuseum.org/collection.html)
^

"o.winston link (http://www.carolinaarts.com/owlink1-999.jpeg)
photographed the demise of steam locomotives in the '50s. mostly night photos, he used a huge variety of arrays of flash bulbs with miles of wire in the days before flash slaves. self-taught, link kept detailed notebooks illustrating his meticulous preparations for making photographs at night. he planned them using one of the basic laws of physics; that the angle of incidence of a light source is equal to the angle of its reflection. he would angle the lights back toward the camera to produce highlights on the locomotives and railroad cars moving through the darkness. camera angles, lighting unit positions and exposure settings were all carefully recorded. He had special flash reflectors built, one of which could hold up to eighteen bulbs, for lighting huge areas. he used a power supply which he designed and built that could fire sixty flashbulbs at once, while at the same time tripping the shutters of three cameras, all perfectly synchronized together. electrical cable connected the flash unit's cameras and power supply, and Winston carried thousands of feet of it in a trailer towed behind his car. photographs could take from several hours to days to set up, and there was only one opportunity to get the shot as the train sped by, sometimes at sixty miles per hour.

[magdalen]

^ can't see any picture; where is it gone? :eek:

[zero]

it must've gone on a small excursion - it's back now

[magdalen]

very beautifull, Zero:)

here one for you, perhaps you owned one like this at the time

http://www.ammodelsandtoys.com/triumpt%20spitfire.JPG

[Hyakujo's Fox]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2eewrcz.jpg

[Jack Flanders]

^is that a young Benny Hill?

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://hampage.hu/trams/tfl/kicsi/07220024.jpg

[Jack Flanders]

http://www.charlesandhudson.com/archives/handplane.jpg

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://hampage.hu/trams/eletkep15/kicsi/03310017.jpg

[Jack Flanders]

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Roosevelt_NY_biplanes_20s.jpg

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://hampage.hu/trams/uvwav/inditastolmegallasig.wav

[Jack Flanders]

http://www.cartype.com/store/product_shots/1206/planes_trains_and_automobiles.jpg

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://i.pravda.sk/06/08/skcl/P041398c6d2d1_Muzeum_letectva_v_Kosiciach.JPG

http://www.cassovia.sk/letmuzeum/P0010665.jpg

[Hyakujo's Fox]

^is that a young Benny Hill?


yes, but it made me think of a certain poster round these parts.

[MoJoRiSin]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/395512010_d629627832.jpg

[magdalen]

http://www.dvdshopdirect.nl/catalog/images/Blauwe%20tram.gif

The 'blauwe tram' from The Hague to Leiden. It stopped at the zoo in Wassenaar. I remember it clearly :)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://www.zahorak.sk/images/stories/2007/oktober/vlak1velka.jpg

[Frieda]

um, nostalgic, and from the past :p

http://www.kinderliedjes.nu/0-2-jaar/op-een-klein-stationnetje/

[Jack Flanders]

http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/images/full/vagawacanyon.jpg

[MoJoRiSin]

hey Yack is this the image ??
or not

http://www.agawacanyontourtrain.com/images/masthead/hd_splashpage.jpg

[Jack Flanders]

Yes, Ho that is the train.

[MoJoRiSin]

gravy train! :)
and also with you

[Jack Flanders]

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/238000/238405TAcy_w.jpg

here's the Gravy Boat. Sorry - should be another thread.:o :D

[MoJoRiSin]

at any rate ^ is beautiful

thank you

[Jack Flanders]

yes it is. cross posting :eek: (ok what's with the and also with you?)

[MoJoRiSin]

yes it is. cross posting :eek: (ok what's with the and also with you?
Nothing really
just the answer to the qwestion about the force being there for you.

[Jack Flanders]

:o ta! I could use the force.

[zero]

"
... with the names like "light", "hope" and "skylark" they swoop around japanese countryside as an extensive rail network, partly described on this site. "bullet trains" (or shin-kansen) are capable of super high-speeds with the usual speed of "just" 300 km/h. looking more like supersonic jets than trains, with futuristic, slightly sinister forms, they represent the latest in train design and comfort.


http://www.sketchzilla.com/madlibs/pill.gif (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/04/super-high-speed-trains.html)

[magdalen]

http://www.cars-verts-voyages.com/filemanager/images/train-jaune-pont-sejourne-p.jpg

Le petit train jaune in the south of France. I took this train some 20 years ago; great journey, through mountains and over rivers. Very beautifull! :)

[MoJoRiSin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N_xI1V417A


(good thing someone invented plastic?)

[magdalen]

http://www.20eeuwennederland.nl/images/foto470/11_DAFJE.jpg

A day out with "het Dafje"

[Hyakujo's Fox]

http://www.loustettner.com/photos/pennstation/assets_pennstation/1958_legup_xl.jpg (http://www.loustettner.com/photos/pennstation/1958_legup.htm)
^

[lukkucairi]

in the very near future:

http://www.flyyellowairtaxi.com/images/PLANE5.jpg

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://www.pxlshots.com/images/contests/transportation%20fun/fullsize/transportation%20fun_496756a6139fc.jpg

[Frieda]

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2199/dornierdox.png

[zero]

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[MoJoRiSin]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/speakeasystudios/4961273581/in/photostream/

[Bman]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lanhzuYReR1qzvmclo1_500.jpg