Re: The good old days . . . 
| January 24, 2019 05:09PM |
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John West Wrote:
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> Occasionally I dig through my old slides and find
> something "new". Kodachrome did not handle
> shadows well, and some of the old "rejects" can
> be greatly improved with a trip through Photoshop
> where shadows can be lightened up. Some times
> it is amazing how much detail is hidden in those
> shadows.
>
> . . . here are the 497 and 487 climbing Bocea Hill
> out of Durango on an overcast day in August 1967.
> The 487 would go as far as Falfa before cutting
> off and drifting back to Durango, while the 497
> went through to Chama.
Right, John -
And it's amazing how photos keep turning up that add another bit of detail to an existing story. OTOH, in some cases no amount of Photoshop improvement can compensate for a mediocre lens "enhanced" by cinders in the camera scratching the film. Nonetheless, since it's the same train, here's #497 arriving in Chama late in the afternoon on 08/28/67:
By some odd coincidence, you and I were both in Chama that afternoon but SFAICR we did not meet — even though we probably both dined at Kelly's Café that evening at about the same time as the train crew. #497 did some switching in the Chama yard the following morning before helping #493 take the eastbound train up the hill, while #498 hauled the westbound train on to Durango (see [ngdiscussion.net] for photos).
- Roosso
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> Occasionally I dig through my old slides and find
> something "new". Kodachrome did not handle
> shadows well, and some of the old "rejects" can
> be greatly improved with a trip through Photoshop
> where shadows can be lightened up. Some times
> it is amazing how much detail is hidden in those
> shadows.
>
> . . . here are the 497 and 487 climbing Bocea Hill
> out of Durango on an overcast day in August 1967.
> The 487 would go as far as Falfa before cutting
> off and drifting back to Durango, while the 497
> went through to Chama.
Right, John -
And it's amazing how photos keep turning up that add another bit of detail to an existing story. OTOH, in some cases no amount of Photoshop improvement can compensate for a mediocre lens "enhanced" by cinders in the camera scratching the film. Nonetheless, since it's the same train, here's #497 arriving in Chama late in the afternoon on 08/28/67:
By some odd coincidence, you and I were both in Chama that afternoon but SFAICR we did not meet — even though we probably both dined at Kelly's Café that evening at about the same time as the train crew. #497 did some switching in the Chama yard the following morning before helping #493 take the eastbound train up the hill, while #498 hauled the westbound train on to Durango (see [ngdiscussion.net] for photos).
- Roosso
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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