{"id":4757,"date":"2013-12-02T05:18:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T10:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2013-12-03T08:44:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T13:44:19","slug":"daily-post-hamden-terminal-railroad-featured-in-o-scale-railroading-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-hamden-terminal-railroad-featured-in-o-scale-railroading-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Hampden Terminal Railroad featured in O-Scale Railroading Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMaking a Model Railway Seem Full Sized.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Boston<\/a>
Boston & Maine 1220 is a locomotive I recall well. The full-sized machine was a regular at East Deerfield Yard in the early 1980s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier this year, my friend Dan Bigda asked me to make photographs of his magnificent O-scale layout for a feature article in the January 2014 issue of O-Scale Railroading (recently published).<\/p>\n

I made several visits and with the help of Dan Bigda and Dylan Lambert, I exposed several hundred digital images with three cameras.<\/p>\n

For close ups and macro views I used my Lumix LX 3 and my father\u2019s Lumix LX-7, while for telephoto images, I worked with my Canon EOS 7D.<\/p>\n

Most of the scenes were artificially lit with hot lamps. I positioned twin Lowel halogen lights on tripods to emulate natural light. Depending on the scene, I worked with blend of direct light with light diffused with photo umbrellas.<\/p>\n

Almost all the photographs required long exposures and most were made with the aid of a tripod.<\/p>\n

Dan\u2019s layout features some fascinating structures, and I made a special effort to capture these as well as making images of the trains. Also, Dan has a great collection of O scale freight cars and well weathered locomotives.<\/p>\n

The layout recreates the setting of New England industrial railroading as it looked from the late 1960s until the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

\"It's<\/a>
It’s a look back on the early Penn Central years when GP9s still ruled New England branch lines. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hamden<\/a>
Hampden Terminal Railroad blends elements from a variety of New England railroads. Equipment includes Mass-Central’s Whitcomb 44-ton diesel as well as a good variety of Penn-Central, Conrail and Boston & Maine equipment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The layouts main attractions include complex mills, factories and warehouses typical of New England mill towns such as Ware, Holyoke, and Lowell, where I often photographed years ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I exposed this view of Dan’s model of the Bondsville trestle using my Canon EOS 7D fitted with 100mm telephoto. I’ve set up two Lowel halogen lamps; one with an umbrella for an overall diffused light, the other I’ve focused on the train to simulate afternoon summer sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Freight<\/a>
Freight cars are an important part of Hampden Terminal, so I staged a variety of images that focused on the cars rather than on the O-scale locomotives. For these extreme close-up views I used my Lumix LX3 and focused the camera manually. I then set the self-timer to minimize vibration during the exposure. I set the aperture manually, and selected the smallest possible sized aperture hole (which confusingly is identified with the largest ‘f-number’), in this case ‘f 8’. In addition to my lamps, this image has caught a bit of daylight from the windows above the railroad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I'm<\/a>
I’m partial to pairs of EMD switchers running with cabs facing out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Erie<\/a>
Erie Railroad Mallet compound steam locomotives neither fit Dan’s period or location, but since he had one of these locomotives on hand, I included it anyway. I’ll admit, that the Erie 0-8-8-0 Camelback Mallets are among my favorite steam locomotives and I couldn’t resist posing one on the Hampden Terminal!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"For<\/a>
For this view I opted to emulate the lighting on a bright overcast day. Penn-Central black seemed to photograph well on dull days so I went with what worked best on the prototype.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I often use the backlit ‘glint’ effect for my prototype photos, so I thought I’d try this on the O-scale railroad as well. As with the Erie Mallet, Dan’s Boston & Albany tank engine doesn’t exactly fit with the period, but I like it anyway! For this view I surrounded the engine with New Haven Alco road-switchers since these locomotives may have coexisted in Framingham or South Boston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Penn<\/a>
Penn Central makes for a fascinating subject to model. Here I’ve emulated late afternoon sun using the halogen lamps. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dan's<\/a>
Dan’s Hampden Terminal is really a big model railway. While many of my photographs are focused on specific scenes, this view gives a sense for the greater railroad with the tracks extending out of the frame at the top right. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I exposed this image with natural light. Dan’s Warren truss crosses in front of a window making for a nice silhouette.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Check out January 2014, O-Scale Railroading and their website: \u00a0http:\/\/ogrforum.ogaugerr.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Special thanks to Dan for the privilege to photograph his models.<\/p>\n

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Making a Model Railway Seem Full Sized. Earlier this year, my friend Dan Bigda asked me to make photographs of his magnificent O-scale layout for a feature article in the January 2014 issue of O-Scale Railroading (recently published). I made several visits and with the help of Dan Bigda and Dylan Lambert, I exposed several … Continue reading DAILY POST: Hampden Terminal Railroad featured in O-Scale Railroading Magazine<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[10],"tags":[3786,41,213,37,43,7535,1654,104,236,1653,1655,7,5],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dans_Layout_Conrail_cars_w_warehouse_Photo-by-Brian-Solomon-_P1420081.jpg?fit=800%2C534","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1eJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757"}],"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=4757"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4783,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions\/4783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}