Re: #463 and #497 in 1996 (5)
| January 15, 2010 08:23PM |
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And last but not least -
The sun tried to come out for our run-by west of Big Horn:
... but by the time we got back to Phantom Curve things were getting pretty dark - which doesn't help when you're shooting slow color film.
The trees and rocks appear crisp, but the moving train is blurred:
Only a few of us braved the drizzle at Los Piños for the last run-by; but the cool weather turned the engines into a pair of portable volcanoes:
A short while later the drizzle turned to sleet, and the rider gon was soon almost abandoned. IIRC, Brad LaRose of the SLORRM, his son Jarrett and I foolishly endured the slushy snow - and tried to keep it from blowing through the door into the following boxcar-coach - but even we had given up by the time the train reached Cumbres ...
"Th' ... th' ... that's all, folks!"
- Russo
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 08/15/2012 12:42PM by Russo Loco.
The sun tried to come out for our run-by west of Big Horn:
... but by the time we got back to Phantom Curve things were getting pretty dark - which doesn't help when you're shooting slow color film.
The trees and rocks appear crisp, but the moving train is blurred:
Only a few of us braved the drizzle at Los Piños for the last run-by; but the cool weather turned the engines into a pair of portable volcanoes:
A short while later the drizzle turned to sleet, and the rider gon was soon almost abandoned. IIRC, Brad LaRose of the SLORRM, his son Jarrett and I foolishly endured the slushy snow - and tried to keep it from blowing through the door into the following boxcar-coach - but even we had given up by the time the train reached Cumbres ...
"Th' ... th' ... that's all, folks!"
- Russo
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 08/15/2012 12:42PM by Russo Loco.
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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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