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03-03-2019, 11:46 AM   #2716
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Mine was an '88. They are great to drive; enough power, not too much. But like you, I didn't drive it in the snow!
This one didn't see much snow either in fact it came to Halifax from BC via Moncton. With the 5.0 and a 5 speed shift it will boogie

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The Burlington Zephyr.

This photo was taken at the Chicago Museum of Industry and Science. This is direct from the camera with no processing at all. Great lens!

The train has a history for me. It is the very first of the Zephyrs, built in 1934. My dad was an electrical shop foreman for this train. He retired some 36 years later as superintendent of final assembly. He literally touched every one of the stainless-steel railcars the Budd Company built during those years.


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Nice work.


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This is direct from the camera with no processing at all.

I don't believe you.


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Great lens!


So what lens did you use?
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Hi Aggy

Is that a photo of a display drawing/poster ?

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So what lens did you use?
Racer: I guess I should have put a smiley face after the "nice lens" comment. It was referring to the processed image. This was taken with the good old DA18-135mm kit lens.

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Hi Aggy

Is that a photo of a display drawing/poster ?

Dave
Dave: No. This a photo of the actual train that I did some light post-processing on. I framed a 16" print of the image for my sister this past Christmas. It turned out a treat. Don't ask me exactly what I did to the photo as I used four or five different apps to get the effect I wanted.
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QuoteOriginally posted by AggieDad Quote
Racer: I guess I should have put a smiley face after the "nice lens" comment. It was referring to the processed image. This was taken with the good old DA18-135mm kit lens.
Its all good.

You produced a very nice result, and I bet your sister was delighted with the gift.

My sister copies images from my Flickr page to use as desktop wallpaper on her home PC and work PC, then brags about the photographer brother she has.

I should probably print and frame some for her as gifts too.
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QuoteOriginally posted by AggieDad Quote
Racer: I guess I should have put a smiley face after the "nice lens" comment. It was referring to the processed image. This was taken with the good old DA18-135mm kit lens.



Dave: No. This a photo of the actual train that I did some light post-processing on. I framed a 16" print of the image for my sister this past Christmas. It turned out a treat. Don't ask me exactly what I did to the photo as I used four or five different apps to get the effect I wanted.
Hi Aggie

Came out very well, nicely done

Dave

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Don't ask me exactly what I did to the photo as I used four or five different apps to get the effect I wanted.
I guess the herbs and spices remain a secret. ;-) Great effect Don.
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Budd Company Stainless Steel Train Cars

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Budd Company Stainless Steel Train Cars
If it was built by Budd, it passed through my dad's hands. Starting with their first railcars – the Zephyrs in 1934 – my dad was responsible first for the electrical assembly, then all final assembly of railcar manufacture through to the Metroliners. He retired in 1970. Thanks for this pic.
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If it was built by Budd, it passed through my dad's hands. Starting with their first railcars – the Zephyrs in 1934 – my dad was responsible first for the electrical assembly, then all final assembly of railcar manufacture through to the Metroliners. He retired in 1970. Thanks for this pic.
These were built by Budd (ib their Philly plant) sometime in the late 1960's. the design is similar to the Chicago versions I have seen. Later, due to demand (a few hundred were eventually built), Vickers Canada made several dozen as well. At present, PATCO is still using nearly 200 of these. They were "re-manufactured" in 2015-2019. Some of these cars are 50 years old now. The exteriors were acid washed and re-finished, the interiors gutted, and all new electronics, lighting and push motors re-done by ALSTOM in upstate New York.

Your father and the engineers at BUDD built some of the best equipment in the history of rail travel. It;'s a true testament that these look and run as well as they do. I will try and get a pic of the interior ID plate with the manufacturer location and other data for you....here's a front view
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Loading the baggage. Took a trip to west Texas this week.



---------- Post added 03-09-19 at 10:44 AM ----------

Taking off from Dallas/Ft. Worth. This is a classic "Texas" freeway with slip ramps and continuous one-way service roads (sorry it is a highway engineer thing).

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