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

Russo Loco Wrote:
=======================================================
> Russo Loco Wrote:
> ==================================================
> =====
> > 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 ...
>


Very nice historic photo Russ! Thanks for posting it. Glad you had a dog day afternoon.

Stewart