Re: Frank Barry's photos

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> Those photos Frank Barry displayed in banks had a
> significant impact on me, both beneficial as well
> as potential disastrous. These stories are
> actually part of a future thread, but I will
> relate this aspect dealing with the photos. On
> February 1, 1964 I was in a significant financial
> quandary. After the morning chase to Cumbres with
> Frank I had just about enough money left for a bus
> ticket from Chama to Santa Fe or a ticket from
> Santa Fe to my hometown of Alamogordo, but not for
> both ( none of course for food, not essential). As
> it turned out Frank's Peace Corps afternoon
> activity was postponed, so he decided to drive to
> Santa Fe to deliver a set of photos to a bank in
> that city. That gave me a chance for a ride to
> Santa Fe, where I used my last bills and coins to
> purchase a ticket to Alamogordo. Saved by blind
> luck again.
>
> Frank had invited me to dinner at his house the
> night before (one reason I had enough money for
> that bus ticket), and he showed me some of his
> best photos. When I was leaving I spotted an 11x14
> print in his waste basket. Frank said it was
> underexposed so he was throwing it away. I asked
> if I could have it, and he said sure. Ever since
> it has been one of my prize posessions, part of
> which is shown below ( my scanner won't scan a
> full 11x14). It shows 498 leading a double header
> out of the Florida river bottoms around that big
> S-curve about a 3/4 mile from Florida. To make a
> long story short, in June 1966 I wanted to
> duplicate that shot and John Charles, Steve
> Patterson and I hiked about a mile down the grade
> to the S-curve. On the way back I made the
> disastrous decision to climb onto a flatcar of the
> moving train with predictable results. I ended up
> being dragged backwards with my legs bouncing next
> to those flanged meat cleavers until I let go and
> rolled down an embankment. Amazing luck again. Not
> something I would ever attempt again.
>
> The blurry front of 498 is from my scanner, not
> the Frank Barry print
>
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.......which is when Olaf figured out why railroads have rules against boarding moving flatcars.