5472 Black Widow Metal Print

metal prints black widow metal prints train metal prints railroad metal prints locomotive metal prints engine metal prints diesel metal prints diesel electric metal prints railway metal prints freight metal prints freight train metal prints lumber metal prints southern pacific metal prints southern pacific railway metal prints sprr metal prints sunol metal prints

photographs black widow photos train photos railroad photos locomotive photos engine photos diesel photos diesel electric photos railway photos freight photos freight train photos lumber photos southern pacific photos southern pacific railway photos sprr photos sunol photos

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Southern Pacific SD-9 Diesel #5472 in Black Widow paint scheme pulls a freight train through Sunol Canyon. Southern Pacific diesel number 5472 was built by GM EMD in La Grange, IL and delivered to SP in 1956.

It all started when I was about 5 or 6 years old and I got my hands on a well used Kodak Brownie Target Six-20. I would wander the neighborhood, carefully selecting the 12 exposures, and then run the roll of black and white 620 film to the Fotomat in the parking lot of the nearby grocery store to get it processed. I eventually progressed to a Kodak 110 Instamatic, that I earned by selling newspaper subscriptions, and then in 1977 my parents gave me an Olympus OM-1 SLR for Christmas. The OM-1 opened up a whole new world for me. It was a real camera and felt solid in my hands, but it was also a completely manual camera. No autofocus. No autoexposure. It forced me to learn the relationship between shutter speeds and f-stops, how to control...