On this day in 2015, my friend Markku and I had a tour of the roundhouse at Oulu, Finland. This is home to a variety of antiques and a wonderful place to photograph railroad equipment!
VR Group’s Dv12 diesels are some of my favorite locomotives in Finland. These are classics and the GP9s of Finland (go anywhere, do anything locomotives) Many are older than me!
I made this selection of photos using my Lumix LX7.
The images were adjusted in post processing using Adobe Lightroom.
Preserved Dm7 diesel railcar.VR Group Dv 12 2533 at Oulu.VR Group Dv 12 2533 at Oulu.
Seven years ago I was visiting my friend Markku Pulkkinen in Oulu, Finland.
On the evening of July 25th, we stopped in at the VR station to witness the arrival of sleeping car train IC266 that paused on its way to Helsinki.
In the lead were a pair of 1970s era Sr1 electrics that were built in the Soviet Union and still carried their ‘USSR’ builder’s tags (notably in English, rather than Russian or Finnish).
I exposed these detail views using my new FujiFilm XT1 digital camera.
The Fuji’s built-in color profiles did a wonderful job of capturing the rich colors of the evening sun at northerly latitudes.
On a visit to Oulu, Finland in Summer 2001, my friend Markku Pulkkinen arranged a visit the VR Group roundhouse.
At that time this was still the primary facility for locomotive storage and repair in Oulu.
In modern times, a big modern train care center has supplanted the old roundhouse, which on my visit in 2015 was largely used to house historic railroad equipment.
I made this photo on 120-size Kodak Tri-X using my Rollei Model T. In addition to a handful of black & white photos, I also made some color slides with my then-new Contax G2 rangefinder.
On this day in 2015, I was visiting my friend Markku Pulkkinen in Oulu, Finland.
Oulu is far north, and in July it never gets completely dark.
Working with my then new FujiFilm XT-1, I made these evening photos late in the day near the VR locomotive sheds at the north end of Oulu’s expansive yards.
Finland is one of my favorite places to photograph, and I hope to return someday when travel returns to normal.
