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Voightlander Bessa R & Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor C 35mm f/2.5; Ilford HP5+ @ f/3.5, 1/250; Scanned wiht an Epson V800 & Silverfast 8; Shot data recorded by my app, AnalogMemo (analogmemo.app)
After six months of being tied down in the siding at Leyden, 41 gondolas are about to be taken back to Denver by the West Local. The conductor is adding the EOT (End Of Train) device to the end of the string of gondolas. The power for the local is waiting on the main. Note the rust that has gathered on the siding after six months of not being used.
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The grey sky and wet rails give an indication of the days weather as 66142 clags past Broughton Lane Junction with the 6M96 1321 WO Milford Sidings - Tunstead , the access and exit for Tinsley Yard can be seen on the right.
Picture taken from the Centretainment supertram stop.
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Turning around on the bridge and taking a snap looking north, along the rails and S:t Eriksgatan below.
Up on the hillside above Llanberis on a sunny morning looking towards Snowdon.... with the Snowdon Mountain railway tracks leading upwards
Shot with a Voigtländer Perkeo II
80mm f/3.5 Color-Skopar lens
Ilford HP5+ 400 film
Shot at EI 400
Developed in the Ego Lab using XTOL (1:1, 7:00 min, agitated each minute at 80F)
Scanned on a Coolscan 9000ED
Narrow Gauge was the way to the mountains in the early days of the Southwester U.S. Able to make tighter turns, and the narrow gauge itself helped opened up the mountain towns to commerce and tourists.