Re: Wallboard We-Ducks* - Gweat Eyes, Gweg! ...

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Wow, Greg -
>
> I never noticed that before - I just looked at my
> original hi-res scan, and you're right!
>
> "You have better eyes than I have, Gunga Din!!"
>    
>
> That'll teach me to rely on memory - I came very
> close to checking all my 08/28/68 pics to see if
> I had one of the whole train, but I couldn't remem-
> ber any!   None of the others show the caboose -
> or even close to it.


Except for the following -

In the course of re-scanning most of my 'Last Freight' slides from late August, 1968, I came across one that is so dark - taken directly against the sun, from the highway dirt road looking toward Cumbres Loop (aka 'Tanglefoot Curve') - that it didn't make it into the carousel to be projected!   I had to scan it twice (once for the sky and once for the foreground) and combine the two images to get anything even close to recognizable.  After spending a few hours,**  I finally gave up trying to get the colors anywhere close to reality, and converted a copy to black & white (infra-red) using Photoshop Ailments.  About the only excuse for posting this atrocity is that it does clearly show the two loads of wallboard - and the kibutz - of the very last D&RGW revenue train to cross Cumbres Pass westbound:


- Roosso (MUY) Loco

  * Redux, that is ...    

** It's been raining off and on today, so my puppies are allowing me extra time indoors ...




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2015 03:12PM by Russo Loco.