Rust, woodst and trains

David_S85 · May 23, 2013

Last week, my wife and I visited a favorite place of mine, the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Dozens of acres of restored and also old, aging and rusting iron in the yards behind the public sheds. A Rustafarion's dream come true! Below are some shots processed without much boosting (normal for these type of posts), but these really didn't need more than what nature had already brought out.

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5. Side of a steam engine

6. "Woodst" on the side of a service car

Links:
Illinois Railway Museum

My gallery of pics from the past couple of visits there.

black mamba · May 23, 2013

Well, this is a very credible foray into the world of the RUST JUNKIE. Numbers 1, 3 , 4 are really good and the " woodst " shot is very well done. The shooting site you mention could feed this habit for a long, long time.

Tom

Richard · May 23, 2013

Hey, I remember you taking me there--very cool place. These all have nice composition, texture and color but #4 just blows me away.

Earache · May 23, 2013

Richard wrote: »

...... These all have nice composition, texture and color but #4 just blows me away.

#1 too!

We have a Railway Museum here also that is great fun, and very rusty!

Juano · May 23, 2013

Well done! 3 and 4 are my favorite.

DonRicklin · May 23, 2013

Rust Alarm! Rust Junkie smorgasbord!

Yummy!

Don

rainbow · May 23, 2013

Look at entering one of these excellent shots in the current DGrin Mini-Challenge!

David_S85 · May 23, 2013

Richard wrote: »

Hey, I remember you taking me there--very cool place. These all have nice composition, texture and color but #4 just blows me away.

Thanks, Richard! These pics above were predominantly from the 6-track wide yard just to the south of that big block-long shed with those enormous WWII vintage and earlier steam locomotives that we spent a lot of time looking at. We didn't walk those yards that time. We did that this visit only because it was pre-season (and no-charge entry, again!) and all but one of the 8 main shed were still closed. So it was actually good they weren't fully open since it forced us to walk more of the outside grounds. The only bad part was… bees.

I want to go back in a couple weeks when the barns and sheds re-open to get pics of more of those amazing million pound+ vintage engines with my new body that can more easily handle the 12,800+ ISO's needed for that environment.

David_S85 · May 23, 2013

rainbow wrote: »

Look at entering one of these excellent shots in the current DGrin Mini-Challenge!

I didn't actually know what the new topic(s) was this round until you mentioned it above. Thanks for pointing that out!

David_S85 · May 23, 2013

black mamba wrote: »

Well, this is a very credible foray into the world of the RUST JUNKIE. Numbers 1, 3 , 4 are really good and the " woodst " shot is very well done. The shooting site you mention could feed this habit for a long, long time.

Tom

Thanks, Tom. There is more there than I'll ever be able to see. Anyone living close to the IRM should visit the place. Takes one back in time, and is an important reminder that a hundred and twenty five years ago, there were some very forward thinking, creative and bright engineers hard at work.

Dogdots · May 25, 2013

Really fun series of photos to look at. Sounds like a wonderful place to visit. My favorite photo is your last one. I know -- I didn't pick a rust one, but the lone window with all the texture won me over

DaddyO · May 30, 2013

Very nice finds David

Image 4 pretty hot and I also really like many of the features of Image 1 which is yet another carefully composed pic of set.
Local assets are pretty sweet to go back to time and again. They almost always provide new images or reconsidered compositions to previous efforts. Gotta love that

Have to admire your leaving the "harsh lighting" shots in. New things happen in such light and they are often quite interesting for an overall result. Something a photog definitely does not want to overlook.

David_S85 · May 31, 2013

Thanks Don, Cristobal, Mary and Michael!

DaddyO wrote: »

Very nice finds David Image 4 pretty hot and I also really like many of the features of Image 1 which is yet another carefully composed pic of set.
Local assets are pretty sweet to go back to time and again. They almost always provide new images or reconsidered compositions to previous efforts. Gotta love that
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Such as your Old Idaho State Pen. & Gardens! Been there - great place (not so much for the former inmates)

DaddyO · June 2, 2013

David_S85 wrote: »

Thanks Don, Cristobal, Mary and Michael!

Such as your Old Idaho State Pen. & Gardens! Been there - great place (not so much for the former inmates)

Sweet you've been out here and nabbing some pictures. Those 2 locations are as you describe. Great. Was married at the old "Bishops House" across the street from the old pen. A lovely ol sandstone and wood structure. Likely you have a pic or 2 of that Victorian classic.
Did you make it to the Armory located on the back grounds next to the laundry bldg? It often gets missed for some reason I haven't figured. I actually haven't been to the gardens. Had heard cameras were not allowed though I am not sure of the details as to the why and such. You come out this way again give us a shout if you have time

That would be nice.

David_S85 · June 2, 2013

DaddyO wrote: »

Sweet you've been out here and nabbing some pictures. Those 2 locations are as you describe. Great. Was married at the old "Bishops House" across the street from the old pen. A lovely ol sandstone and wood structure. Likely you have a pic or 2 of that Victorian classic.
Did you make it to the Armory located on the back grounds next to the laundry bldg? It often gets missed for some reason I haven't figured. I actually haven't been to the gardens. Had heard cameras were not allowed though I am not sure of the details as to the why and such. You come out this way again give us a shout if you have time That would be nice.

Didn't tour the Bishop House, but knew of it at the time. Didn't get pics in the Armory, but went through it quickly as my wife wanted to get going, and it was nearly a hundred degrees out there. Wife doesn't like old territorial prisons for some reason, and the Wyoming version also wasn't her thing either.

If they don't allow cameras in the gardens, I certainly didn't get the memo, and no one tried to stop me. Hand held shots they probably don't worry about, but had I been setting up a tripod, then maybe

redleash · June 8, 2013

A feast, indeed! A nice collection of shots and what great subjects to work with--my favorite is also #4.

Rust, woodst and trains

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