Re: New Book - "Hollywood's Railroads" ... 
| November 25, 2014 12:24PM |
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Fritz Klinke Wrote:
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> The quality of the halftones (photos) in Larry's
> book is superb, some of the best I've seen--and
> that depends on the original photo, of course.
Right On, Fritz -
That's partly 'cause some of the color photos used to describe the general history of the D&RGW and the C&TS were taken by our good friend John West - one back in the mid sixties (top photo on p. 7) and some as recently as 2010 (cover photo,* and IIRC the top photo on p. 6 and the one on p. 66).
In addition to the numerous great photos from the movies and of them being made, I am finding the detailed stories of the production of several of the better-known films absolutely fascinating! My copy of "Hollywood's Railroads" arrived in yesterday evening's mail, and kept me up well past my usual bedtime! Highly Recommended!!
Well Done, Larry!!!
- Roosso
* I was standing about 10 feet to John's right and 8 or 10 feet up on the hillside when he took the cover photo - at Phantom Curve on 05/25/10. #489 was dolled up with a green boiler jacket, but not for a Hollywood movie ...
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/2014 01:13PM by Russo Loco.
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> The quality of the halftones (photos) in Larry's
> book is superb, some of the best I've seen--and
> that depends on the original photo, of course.
Right On, Fritz -
That's partly 'cause some of the color photos used to describe the general history of the D&RGW and the C&TS were taken by our good friend John West - one back in the mid sixties (top photo on p. 7) and some as recently as 2010 (cover photo,* and IIRC the top photo on p. 6 and the one on p. 66).
In addition to the numerous great photos from the movies and of them being made, I am finding the detailed stories of the production of several of the better-known films absolutely fascinating! My copy of "Hollywood's Railroads" arrived in yesterday evening's mail, and kept me up well past my usual bedtime! Highly Recommended!!
Well Done, Larry!!!
- Roosso
* I was standing about 10 feet to John's right and 8 or 10 feet up on the hillside when he took the cover photo - at Phantom Curve on 05/25/10. #489 was dolled up with a green boiler jacket, but not for a Hollywood movie ...
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/2014 01:13PM 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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