Crank

I'm not a railroad nut but it looks like you got some lovely tones in this Dave. It could almost be a color photograph.

I love your shot and the warm tone print lends a lot to the impact. It's also nice to see that it was taken with the Yashica Mat 124G.

Thanks guys! The Yashica is slowly becoming my "when I don't want to get too carried away but be reasonably serious" camera. This shot was taken on the same afternoon as "All Wheel Drive" in my gallery here. Prints of both now grace the wall in an art club summer exhibit at a local music school. (Printed yesterday, framed this morning -- not cutting it close or anything. )

Sigh. There's the texture & tone I'm chasing. I've cut some metal (hobbyist) and don't know what they did to get this finish. I don't see it on modern work.

The warm tone is terrific. 'Keeps me chasing the grail of old metal.

This is fantastic, Dave. I need to drive out to see that exhibit! If all i liked was this it would be worth the trip. i have hoped some day to meet up on that sunday coffee shop gathering sometime, but hard to get away.

Dang, would I ever like to be a 3rd wheel in that meetup. Get Rmann there & we'd disappear & talk ourselves hoarse for days.
It *is* superb, DWT. 'Love what you do w/ metal, industrial & the historic context.

Oh so very nice!

Thanks again all! @michaelorr I don't think I'd advocate traveling this far for the show in question, but in another hour and a half you could be standing in front of the actual hardware! (Just don't go on Fathers' Day -- there's a Thomas the Tank Engine extravaganza at the Strasburg RR across the street.) @hiho not sure what to guess about that finish. Being hot forged under a steam hammer (most likely), under conditions that would make OSHA cringe, could be part of it. But according to museum info this machine went into into service on the Pennsy in 1905, and ran until 1940. From 1965 until 1989 it ran on the Strasburg tourist RR (and even appeared in some movies!) then it was retired to the museum. So those running gear parts have been wiped down with oily rags many, many, many times. Could also be "back in the day" that new apprentices in the locomotive shops were assigned to spend a month scrubbing down forgings with oil and sand or something.

Marvelous photograph

crack'n shot and print! bravo!!!