Hi Bob; Yes, that is a pretty fresh looking car and it appears to have a wood roof, probably what is called a "double board roof" consisting of two layers of tongue-and-groove boards with tar paper between. There seems to be a very similar car, but quite weathered, in the right front corner of the picture. Also, a steel car about four tracks back showing some of the "peeling paint" effect on the Murphy rectangular panel roof. In the main yard area, it appears there is one of the CNW cars with the large white cross on the door which SHS offered at one time. Loads of good stuff to look at, and more in the rest of his images on the same site - click the link above the picture for the key word "Jack Delano"
I'm not sure about how long the exposure could have been, the steam and smoke cloud from a working locomotive over the cars toward the rear of the yard looks pretty crisp for a lenghty exposure! Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 8/4/10, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay Pieter, with that photo you've > open a can of very interesting > worms. What caught my eye is the CNW boxcar with the > "400" logo. At > first glance it looks like the day one comes home with a > new model fresh > from the box! No apparent weathering for such an old > car, so it might > have just come from the paint shop. Also the roof > seems to predate the > Murphy style. It again looks like it might have been > a sample model > before the roof detail was added! > > I might add that most of Jack Delano's shots seem to have > been shot with > Kodacrome film. Back in the day it was available in > the 4 x 5 size > sheet film. Since the 4 x 5 camera is fairly large > and generally is > used with a tripod it took Jack the better part of an hour > to get that > shot. Additionally the film's ASA rating was about 15 > at best you had > to be very careful about the exposures--remember the > government was > paying for it. Kodacrome is a unique film as most > color films have long > since gone really off color and the images are disappearing > but > Kodacrome holds it own fairly well. RIP Kodacrome!! > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com > > > > > > > Since this thread some days ago, I ran across a link > on another list > > to one of the fabulous Jack Delano WWII era photos on > Shorpy which > > just happens to feature an IC GS gondola in the > foreground. I haven't > > studied the cars in detail, but at first glance > possibly combining Ed > > L's Sacto 2011 SP gon kit with ends from the DPH USRA > gon would be > > close. If combining those two cars is too costly, ends > from an AF > > gondola might do (although you lose the inside rib > detail). > > > > Also lots of neat loaded cars, a Ball Line Mather > boxcar, a > > far-traveling Boston and Albany box car and a PRR quad > hopper so dirty > > it looks like it's painted black are visible in the > photo. > > > > http://www.shorpy.com/node/1605?size=_original > > > > Have fun! > > > > Pieter Roos ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
