Amtrak’s Material Handling Cars (MHCs) were some of the newest equipment on the move in 1986.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAt the back of the train was a pair of relatively new Material Handling Cars, which where then allowed in high-speed service.<\/p>\n
Rather than simply expose a flat light photo of the cars on the back of the train, I selected a slow shutter speed and kept the camera in constant motion with the train to make this panned view.<\/p>\n
Aiding my ability to make this pan photograph was the Leica M3 camera that had a very soft shutter release. My exposure was 1\/25th<\/sup> of a second at f5.6 on Kodachrome 25 slide film.<\/p>\nI\u2019d be willing to wager that there are very few panned photos of new Amtrak MHC cars under wire!<\/p>\n
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