Gornergrat, previous century, a photo from Valais, West

Photographer's Note

Classic view from Gornergrat towards Matterhorn. Gornergratbahn is the first electric mountain rack railway in the world. It was opened in 1898 and lengthtened to a upper terminus in 1909. It has rail gauge of 1 meter and uses Abt rack system. At 3089 m Gornergrat is the highest open air railway station in Europe.

I'm actually surprised that this seems to be the first shot of Gornergrat station here in TE. Little has changed on this view during recent decades. Design of the class Bhe2/4 railcars in the picture dates from 1947 although latest ones were delivered in 1961. So, again I couldn't resist submitting a sepia version. Colour one in the WS.

More information at http://www.gornergrat.ch

IgorDeleze, mickyg, luisafonso, vinicio, bibiweb, underhand, jassy, mortijo, Silke has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

ls7902 (7380) 2007-02-23 5:55

It actually looks like an old photograph. The rail cars look old too. In 1985 I took this train to Gornegrat and from here I walked down to Zermatt. Thanks for showing this photo - it brought back some memories. Latiff

cbrman (21685) 2007-02-23 6:03

Hello Kari,

J'aime beaucoup le traitement que tu as rйalisй sur ta photographie ! Les teintes nous renvoient quelques annйes dans le passй ! La cadrage est superbe sur cette gare d'altitude !
Bravo !

A+

Dominique

partha (14023) 2007-02-23 6:07

Hi Kari ,
It looks beautiful.Nice tonality and great ariel view.
Good job.
Regards.
Partha

mickyg (815) 2007-02-23 6:15

Great use of sepia Kari that makes the shot look last century too .. great notes too

IgorDeleze (585) 2007-02-23 6:15

Hello Kari,
Really nice old style picture!
The PP is excellent and fit very well with the subject.
Excellent framing.
Greetings.
Igor

luisafonso (862) 2007-02-23 6:15

Love the color version Kari! It has a toning that really reminds me a past time. Strangely, the sepia version reminds me two centuries ago while the color one fits correctly the mid XX century. The pov is amazing and the composition too. If only that sky was a bit more darker it would be a perfect scene. Like it a lot!

DarkoG (8) 2007-02-23 6:20

Good PP, Looks much older then 1997.

Regards Darko

vinicio (23423) 2007-02-23 6:22

Excellent work Kari, compliments, fascinating view and great like old image conversion, well done.
Have a good week-end
Ciao
Vinicio

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2007-02-23 6:22

Hi Kari.

My compliments. The view is impressive and the contrasts good as well.

It's a nice compo with the electric mountain rack railway as an introduction.

Rgs, Oscar

marianita (3455) 2007-02-23 6:41

Kari
nicelly posted. it does look old!
well taken
marianna

TravelerNL (3011) 2007-02-23 6:55

Hi Kari,
Beautiful view towards the Matterhorn. I like and understand your choice for sephia here but the original color one looks quite old as well.
The good compo and POV here definately work in favor of the old style look. Well done.
Harko

stefanocer (10642) 2007-02-23 9:06

Great one , a piece of history in this photo , compliments .
Stefano.

ninaL (21348) 2007-02-23 11:21

Hi, Kari.
Very good winter's shot.
I like this composition, and the graphical treatement : it reminds me old postcards, and it's well done.
Best wishes. Grazyna.

bibiweb (8) 2007-02-23 14:21

Hi Kari,
I love what you've done to this photo. It really does look as if it had been taken a very long time ago. The color version is good too (good scan), but I think I prefer this sepia version.
Have a nice week-end.
Brigitte

mortijo (12828) 2007-02-24 10:12

Excellent job! The sepia really does it. The color version is not bad either, but the sepia wins it.

Silke (3027) 2007-02-25 9:38

Sepia is the right choice for this, Kari -- only a careful look at the clothing of your subjects reveals that it is indeed a modern photo.
Superb composition and excellent notes
TFS
silke

xavshot (69835) 2007-02-25 9:40

Bonjour Kari
excellente ambiance retro dans cette photo. Le cadrage est impeccable et la conversion sepia est magnifique. Une trиs belle photo. Bravo
Xavier

PixelTerror (0) 2007-02-27 0:08

Terve Kari,
A jewel this one, first a killer PoV to use the station as a first class foreground to the Matterhound, and then a lovely sepia to turn it into a wonderful old postcard as I like. Learn Japanese, print this photo and open a postcard selling booth outside the station, business guaranteed ;-)
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

claudeD (47754) 2007-02-27 7:27

Hi Kari,

very good idea to change the photograph into a sepia version.I like also your frame which creates the impression of a very old picture.
I now the Gornergratbahn and the Matterhorn.I was there a few years ago and from the station you have really a fantastic panorama of the Alps.

With regards

Jean-Claude

capthaddock (28790) 2007-02-28 13:40

Hi Kari - the B&W has taken 100 years off the age of the photo, honestly I can't identify anything that would give the date away (OK maybe the glaciers were bigger in 1898).

jjanczyk (2579) 2010-03-12 6:02

Hello,
Stunning shot!
Fantastic pp work. It really looks like very old photo.
I almost always feel like I am in previous century when visiting Switzerland :)
Magnificent POV, excellent vertical composition.
TFS