Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Russ, the reason I asked is it appeared they
> were yours cause in fact you did not mention
> Ernie or someone else. I guess I was under
> the impression you got the last runs in 1968
> as your first freight trains, and perhaps your
> first time to NG land.
1968 was the first year I had a fairly good camera, Greg -
A Pentax H3v with 50mm and 70-150mm lenses. Up 'til then I used my dad's Praktica - "Old Scratch" - which had a moderately decent 55mm lens but a bad case of cinderitis. My first real railfan event was S.P.'s last run on the Santa Paula branch in June, 1958 (see [
ngdiscussion.net]), and the second one was the three-day La Jara Jr. Chamber excursion from Alamosa to Silverton & back two years later (see [
ngdiscussion.net]).
> So nice to see you made it a few times pre-
> vious to 68. Keep em coming! I think I have
> some film someone, or maybe my dad shot with
> 491 back in the day. Might even have some in our
> "Rio Grande Steam in the 1950's" as well....been
> awhile since I saw it
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>
> PS Thanks for the pics Russ.
> Always enjoy Rio Grande material.
Thinks, Greg -
Now that I have a really good scanner, I'm going back through most of my old stuff and digitizing the better OR more unusual shots. As noted above, editing out the scratches is tedious, but at least a few of them seem to be worth the effort. It turns out that I followed #484 and #493 out of town and up Bocea Hill (sp?) as far as the second grade crossing (beyond where the new hospital is located), and the large amount of snow in the later pictures lends credence to the date actually being January 31, 1962, when I would have been passing through Durango en route from California to Colorado Springs and the second semester of my junior year at General Palmer's own Colorado College
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- Russ
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2015 08:46PM by Russo Loco.
