{"id":20699,"date":"2018-03-23T06:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T10:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=20699"},"modified":"2018-03-22T06:12:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:12:16","slug":"steam-on-retropan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/steam-on-retropan\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam on Retropan."},"content":{"rendered":"

On one level, it seems appropriate to make images of steam locomotives and their environment with Retropan. \u2018Retro on Retro\u2019 right?<\/p>\n

Yet, I know many old-school black & white photographers would object to the essential qualities of Retropan black & white film, which by design is comparatively soft and grainy.<\/p>\n

Yes, there are sharper films; and of course there\u2019s colour, not to mention digital, but the reason I chose Foma Retropan for these photos was because of the gritty quality it offers.<\/p>\n

Someone might ask why does the RPSI run a steam locomotive, when there are more efficient diesel railcars available?<\/p>\n

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Connolly Station, exposed on Retropan 18 March 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Connolly Station, exposed on Retropan 18 March 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Ooo! Look an efficient diesel railcar. And it’s on Retropan too! Drumcondra, Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Approaching Glasnevin Junction, Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Maynooth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Locomotive number 4 at Maynooth. Notice the modern signal in the distance and the bright lamps on the locomotive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Psssst! I also made some colour slides, and a whole bunch of colour digital image on the same day.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tracking the Light<\/span> Posts Every Day!<\/span><\/h3>\n

My new book ‘Brian Solomon’s Railway Guide to Europe features RPSI trains in its section on Ireland.<\/p>\n

It is due out in May 2018 and may pre-order the book from Kalmbach Books:\u00a0https:\/\/kalmbachhobbystore.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For details on \u00a0RPSI and passenger excursions see:\u00a0https:\/\/www.steamtrainsireland.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On one level, it seems appropriate to make images of steam locomotives and their environment with Retropan. \u2018Retro on Retro\u2019 right? Yet, I know many old-school black & white photographers would object to the essential qualities of Retropan black & white film, which by design is comparatively soft and grainy. Yes, there are sharper films; … Continue reading Steam on Retropan.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[48],"tags":[3814,4537,4009,2606,1244,19,64,4179],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Brian-Solomon_338073.jpg?fit=1767%2C1131","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5nR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20699"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20699"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20702,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20699\/revisions\/20702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}