Railcar Noir

Posted on July 7, 2011 by spilledinkguy

Here’s a shot I took at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. Also, this is the part of the show where I should probably pen something all dark and brooding… if only I had ‘the writing skills’…

Napoleon Dynamite: “…I don’t even have any good skills.”

Pedro Sanchez: “What do you mean?”

Napoleon Dynamite: “You know, like… nunchuck skills… bow-hunting skills… computer-hacking skills…”

Jon Heder & Efren Ramirez – Napoleon Dynamite

42 thoughts on “Railcar Noir”

Redneckprincess on July 7, 2011 at 1:31 am said:

Awesomeness, as always 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:38 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, RNP!
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Robert X. Jones on July 7, 2011 at 1:31 am said:

It’s a really cool shot and that’s that.

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:39 am said:
  
  Train stuff is inherently cool.
  It’s pretty hard to screw it up too badly.
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  - Binky on July 7, 2011 at 9:06 pm said:
    
    Yes, very! More train stuff, more train stuff!
    
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    - spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:29 pm said:
      
      I might just have a few more up my sleeves, Binky…
      I’ll try post a few from time to time…
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Jayne on July 7, 2011 at 3:39 am said:

Great shot. My eye keeps going to those lines of rivets and it reminds me of the time I saw the earlier space pods at Kennedy Space Centre. I couldn’t get over how they too seemed to be held together with rivets. They looked like something from a child’s Mechano set. (Sorry, that has virtually nothing to do with anything here really but that’s where the rivets sent me today)! 😀

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:42 am said:
  
  Seems very appropriate to me – and thank you, Jayne!
  If I ever get the time and space one of my intended future project is to build a large frame, rivet some aluminum to it, and then paint some WWII era aircraft nose art on it. I love the ‘look’ of riveted metal and all the history / mechanization ‘stuff’…
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nursemyra on July 7, 2011 at 3:44 am said:

I love it – great textures

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:43 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, N.M.! I thought it was a wonderful exhibit!
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astrawally on July 7, 2011 at 6:15 am said:

MUY BUENO!!!!!!
Astra Wally

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:44 am said:
  
  !Muchas Gracias, Senior!
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Bearman on July 7, 2011 at 7:36 am said:

I see PA…where is MA?

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:45 am said:
  
  I think she was ‘out back’ at the time…
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frigginloon on July 7, 2011 at 7:39 am said:

Forget Pedro, Vote Spilled Ink Guy, gosh! 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:47 am said:
  
  Ha! I wish!
  After my skit I looked like a friggin’ IDIOT, geez!
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Eden on July 7, 2011 at 8:15 am said:

Super capture!!

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:48 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, Eden!
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Unapologetically Mundane on July 7, 2011 at 9:03 am said:

Really, really beautiful. I think it’s the angle that does it for me.

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:50 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, U.M.!
  If I’ve got a camera I won’t be able to resist the temptation to roll around on the ground with it… that’s half the fun, you know! 🙂
  
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dirtyfrancing on July 7, 2011 at 10:14 am said:

what a great shot. keep up the good work.

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 10:24 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, D.F.!
  I think I got a bit lucky with this one! 🙂
  
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elmediat on July 7, 2011 at 10:48 am said:

Of all the railcars in all the towns in all the world, you have to photograph this one. Great noir shot, it is the stuff that dreams are made of.

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 11:33 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, sir!
  I had a feeling that if I didn’t photograph this railcar I’d regret it. maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon… and for the rest of my life…
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ramoncito17 on July 7, 2011 at 3:43 pm said:

Very nice shot of an old rail car. Nice lighting too!

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 3:50 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, sir! Wish I could take credit for that, but I really lucked out on this one… it was already all set-up and ready to go! 🙂
  
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Tony McGurk on July 7, 2011 at 4:01 pm said:

WOW!!! Do you realise you’ve captured an extremely rare sight??? A railcar with NO graffiti… Unbelievable. It must’ve been locked away in an underground bunker for the last 100 years.

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 4:46 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… now that you mention it… yeah, that is pretty rare, isn’t it?! It must be because these were fenced in on museum property… still, I’m surprised too. There were other cars with broken glass, etc. but it really looked to be more from wear than vandalism. 🙂
  
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Jason on July 7, 2011 at 4:34 pm said:

Fantastic color. Almost makes it look other-worldly.

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 4:48 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Jason!
  Fortunately that is very easy to add (otherwise this might have wound up being straight black and white… I did think the hint of tone added to this one, though)! 🙂
  
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Syncopated Eyeball on July 7, 2011 at 4:59 pm said:

Beautiful tones, SIG

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 6:18 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much, S.E. – that’s very kind of you! 🙂
  
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Sizingdowndiva on July 7, 2011 at 6:44 pm said:

Great picture! BTW, writing skills are passe. Today, it’s definitely about honing in on those nunchuck skills. 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on July 7, 2011 at 9:27 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, S.D.D…
  well, I did watch a lot of Ninja Turtles when I was a kid… maybe that will help me out a bit!?
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Jillsy Girl on July 8, 2011 at 11:20 am said:

very film noir!

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 11:24 am said:
  
  I thought it had that sort-o-feel about it…
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Derrick on July 8, 2011 at 8:20 pm said:

Brotha, you got mad skills!!! And love the pic, too, BTW.

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 10:16 pm said:
  
  And you are wicked kind, sir! Thank you very, very much!
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thedailydish on July 10, 2011 at 11:03 am said:

One word:

PERFECT.

Love this photo. I know I say this about all of them, but I LOVE THIS PHOTO!!!!

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- spilledinkguy on July 10, 2011 at 6:14 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much for your kindness, Dishy!
  I’m just happy I’ve ~~conned~~ convinced you to put up with this stuff!
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Annabelle on July 11, 2011 at 12:07 am said:

It’s awesome! Feels from another era for sure.

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- spilledinkguy on July 11, 2011 at 12:09 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, Annabelle!
  It was a pretty cool place, wasn’t it?!
  Hopefully we’ll be able to go back some time…
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