Taken
at Union Station in Joliet Illinois around 2007. To me this image evokes strength and
power. The massive steel wheels, the
enormous braking system, the large coiled load springs and the big bell, rolled
in and stopped right in front of me. Glistening in the afternoon sunlight was
the radiant stainless steel panels of the coach car.
This
image was photographed using a Voitlander Bessa R rangefinder camera with a wartime
era 50mm f2 Carl Zeiss Sonnar lens on Fuji black and white film. The image was
scanned using a Minolta DiMage 5400 Elite scanner. No image adjustments applied.
