Mertztown Station
DWThomas

Mertztown Station

August ("Argust") 20th was Argus Day this year. This is one of the two submitted to the Argus Collector Group. The whole day's effort may be seen at: https://pbase.com/dw_thomas/argust20th2020
Location
Mertztown! (Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Equipment Used
Argus C-3 with 50mm f/3.5 Coated Cintar
Exposure
Yes
Film & Developer
Panatomic-X; HC110 1+63
Paper & Developer
(neg scan)
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Nice station, DW. I am always glad to see these handsome little buildings preserved. And Panatomic-X? Where did you get it, or have you stored it in your inventory for decades?
 
Thanks. In 2014 I received a hundred foot bulk roll from a friend cleaning out another friend's house after she relocated. I doubt it was even stored refrigerated, but it has an expiration date of December 1988 so it was likely among the last made. I've seen enough occasional unexplained spots, blivets, and grunge that I would never use it for a granddaughter's wedding or anything. But there's a certain warm fuzzy about using 30+ year old film in the "Brick" that I bought at the end of 1957! And it unquestionably produces images.
That rail line likely hasn't seen passenger trains since the 1960s, and that little station was probably ignored even before that. But the freight traffic is *seriously* active. While I was there a Norfolk-Southern freight came through with SIX locos on the head end, a real ground shaker!
 

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Device
Argus C-3
Aperture
ƒ/8
Focal length
50.0 mm
Exposure time
1/300 second(s)
ISO
32
Filename
_C3_18_05_MertztownStation_3qtrFront.jpg
File size
81.4 KB
Date taken
Thu, 20 August 2020 12:00 PM
Dimensions
750px x 500px

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