Re: Still a chance to sign up for the Lerro Charter early May
| March 17, 2019 03:26PM |
Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> As to Kevins points, I agree these charters are
> controlled and to some extent super phony.
> Greg
> [www.gregschollvideo.com]
Hi Greg,
I'm not sure what is any more "phony" about steam charters than any other steam these days. No one that I know of is attempting to pass off charter photos as "authentic--back-in-the-day" images. We have fun attempting to see how close we can come to re-creating "back-in-the-day", knowing that no one can truly go back in time. We just happen to find that a freight train using historic freight cars is a bit more photogenic than a passenger train hauling cars that don't model anything historic. As you say, to each his own. Some folks will turn out to photograph a diesel hauling or pushing a steam engine. Me, not so much.
/Kevin Madore
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> As to Kevins points, I agree these charters are
> controlled and to some extent super phony.
> Greg
> [www.gregschollvideo.com]
Hi Greg,
I'm not sure what is any more "phony" about steam charters than any other steam these days. No one that I know of is attempting to pass off charter photos as "authentic--back-in-the-day" images. We have fun attempting to see how close we can come to re-creating "back-in-the-day", knowing that no one can truly go back in time. We just happen to find that a freight train using historic freight cars is a bit more photogenic than a passenger train hauling cars that don't model anything historic. As you say, to each his own. Some folks will turn out to photograph a diesel hauling or pushing a steam engine. Me, not so much.
/Kevin Madore
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