Two german friends at the rail road museum.

<p>Few weeks ago, two German friends decided to visit local rail road museum in Union, IL. They were loaded with some black and white Fuji and color Kodak. To state the obvious, those friends are Franke and Heidecke cameras. Rolleiflex Old Standard and Rolleicord Ia. I have talked about both of them at one time in the past, but they worked very well in a tandem as well. I got the old standard Rolleiflex over a year ago and I had it repaired. Although it is not the best looking camera, due to age, it works as well as the day it was made. It has two red windows in the back, one labeled B1 for 117 film and one B2 for 120 film. One can get fooled by the back window B1 as it looks as If it will work with 6x6 120, but what one needs to do is to align #1 frame inside the B2 window and let the transport mechanism take care of the rest. Here it is Rolleiflex Old Standard.</p>

<p>One more try</p><div></div>

<p>Side</p><div></div>

<p>back</p><div></div>

<p>bottom</p><div></div>

<p>Next up is the Rolleicord Ia. This one too came in rather not working condition and I had to have it repaired. Now it is up to snuff working very well. Here are some shots of it.</p><div></div>

<p>This one has an auto transport as well, one needs to align #1 frame with the bottom window and reset the counter by pressing the inner plunger in the advance knob, while pushing down on counter resent button.</p><div></div>

<p>the nice thing is that the bottom window, unlike the Rolleiflex mentioned, has a dark slide, preventing light leaks.</p><div></div>

<p>I have learned that I need to keep both windows on Rolleiflex covered up with electrical tape, otherwise I get light leaks. Now let's see some shots, first few from Rolleiflex.</p><div></div>

<p>Next up is a display locomotive with Army Transport Corps stenciled on a side of it.</p><div></div>

<p>Every now and then the museum offers special event. This time it was presentation of fair pipe organs orchestras. Very fun to look at and pleasant to listen. Kids had fun, but after a whole day of listening to those things play on each corner - my ear drums had enough.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is the dreaded leak I was talking about. My cover tape fell off leaving a nice red hole for strong light to get in -oh well I must be more careful next time.</p><div></div>

<p>Now, I have switched to other German friend - The Rolleicord.</p><div></div>

<p>I loaded some color film to see how it would work with this camera.</p><div></div>

<p>This last shot is of the steam locomotive train that we took for 45minutes ride.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is the last shot showcasing both cameras. I used Fuji Acros 100 and Kodak Ektar 100 for color. I liked the way these cameras worked, eventhough the outdoor light was harsh and almost always in my lens. I hope you enjoyed this short trip to R.R museum with two of my German friends.</p><div></div>

<p>Nice post and photos.<br /> Steam trains and old cameras; my two favorites.</p>

<p>Thanks for sharing.</p>

<p>Superb, I must pay more attention to my pictures of cameras. The trains are beautifully photographed.</p>

<p>I love those Rolleiflex lens caps, with F&H over the viewing lens and Carl Zeiss Jena over the taking lens.</p>

<p>I like, very much.</p>

<p>Some of those old Germans can be great chums, after all.</p>

<p>Wow, that Union Pacific shot just jumps! Nice results with a couple of real classics.</p>

<p>Fantastic. Ragged looking bodies, beautiful lenses, and gorgeous photos. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.</p>

"Ragged looking bodies"... checking out what's new on PNet while checking out what's new in the world. Reading this during a report about Jack the Ripper and the atrocious way he treated his victims.<br>;-)<br><br>I too like the lens caps.<br><br>Apropos the 'Dutch Canadian', de Cornelis Leendert "draaiorgel" and ear drums having enough: it's their 'business model' nowadays to give people more than an earful. They get permits, to liven up shopping streets. Then they go park their hellish machine in front of a shop, and stand there, collecting pennies from the passing public. Or so it seems. What they do is annoy the shopkeepers, making it impossible for them to conduct a normal conversation with their clients. When they had enough (rather soon) they pay the organ grinder (loud motor nowadays - no manual labour anymore) to move on. An instrument of extortion, that quaint, folkloristic seeming thingy.

<p>Scenes with old iron, buildings with old weathered bricks or lumber are perfect material for old pre-War cameras. It's great to see that these old Rolleis are out and about getting exercise.</p>

<p>I always enjoy trains and your series delivers. Great sharpness from those Rolleis. Thanks for posting.</p>

<p>Just don't see enough trains these days, real ones that is. So this post that combines old trains with a couple of beaten Rolleis makes me smile.<br>

QC, you need to take up Yoga...makes you relax :)</p>