CB&Q SD9s 443

Name	Type	Comments	Date

George Redmond	General	Nice shot.	5/22/2008 4:40:48 PM

Gregg Bartley	General	The perspective in this shot is throwing me. Either that curve is severely banked, or the camera has a fish-eye lens. Or maybe the telephone poles are all crooked. Anyway, something looks really odd....	5/22/2008 4:56:33 PM

David Abeles	General	Love the train, obviously, but that wig-wag crossing signal is awesome too.	5/23/2008 1:18:08 PM

Jenny Vaughn	General	Love the sky! Good job.	5/23/2008 7:30:16 PM

Chuck Zeiler	General	Gregg, sorry about the perspective, it was my mother's cast-off Yachica rangefindger camera, and I can only guess about it's actual millimeter calibration. It does look like the vertical perspective is distorted, I'll admit. For the record, the roadbed was banked, as I recall.	5/24/2008 2:07:02 AM

Mike Woodruff	General	Yashica rangefinders of that era were made with 35, 38, 40 and 45mm lenses, all of which are considered "wide angle" focal lengths in 35mm format. The naked eye gives you a perspective equal to a focal length of 55 to 58mm in 35mm format, so even the so-called 50mm "normal" lens gives a slight wide angle perspective. And yes, those curves were well banked to accomodate 90 mph Zephyrs!	5/24/2008 12:11:39 PM

Jim Gavin	General	Great shot, whatever lens you used.	5/25/2008 9:42:37 PM

Dusty Thomson	General	cool wig-wag signal!	5/26/2008 10:45:05 PM

Jim Vivian	General	Congratulations on this great one from the 'older days'.	4/15/2012 11:55:26 PM

CB&Q SD9s 443
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad SD9s 443 westbound at Altona, Illinois on August 26, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in September 1957 (c/n 23622) on EMD Order 5549, it became BN 6190, retired May 1999. There was a lower case "s" on the model plate following SD9, indicating that this locomotive was equipped with a single control stand. Most of the CB&Q SD7's and SD9's were equipped with dual control stands.
Date: 8/26/1966	Location: Altona, IL Map	Views: 1383	Collection Of: Chuck Zeiler
Locomotives: CBQ 443(SD9)			Author: Chuck Zeiler

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