Sunday, November 22, 2009

2,000 horses on the hoof


EMD GP20 (LIFE-LIKE TRAINS N SCALE), EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 21, 2009

Pentax *ist DS
Tamron 90mm f2.8 DI macro
1/10 sec. f16
ISO 400

Another locomotive from my old model railroad brought out of storage for a self-guided course in tabletop photography, this is a 1:160 scale replica of the GP20, a 2,000-horsepower road switcher built between 1959 and 1962 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. It is painted for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (now Burlington Northern Santa Fe).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like this. But the white background suggests it's a hobby shop catalogue shot. Perhaps you could build a little model diorama, with a railroad track, to place the locomotive upon?