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I saw an article many years ago about the company photographer at Lima. They had a particular place they used for builders photos and they would put huge panels behind the engines for the photos. I think they were canvas and plywood. The final detail work was done in the darkroom like Richard said. Sometimes they also painted the engines in a gray wash paint to help bring out details.
Roger HuberDeer Creek Locomotive Works



From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 
 Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 6:39 AM
 Subject: Re: builders photos
   
Mike, The backgrounds were masked out using a very fine paint brush, and steady hand, on the negatives so when they were printed, these masked areas remained white. The liquid we used for this was called opaque fluid. These days we use Photoshop for the same technique. I have attached a modern sample. Thanks, Richard D. ShellShellScale Decals 
Moderator:
 http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2015/20150226.ho167photo.jpg

In a message dated 2/25/2015 10:31:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:


  How did they take photos of the steam locomotives with an apparent white background? Thanks, Mike Shockley

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