gothpapa Wrote:
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> And what is this Phraud-O-Graph thing? I
> googled it and couldn't find anything that
> made sense, so figure it must be another
> one of Russo's made up words. Am I right?
I'd like to take the credit, 'Papa -
But IIRC it was Earl Knoob who first used the term to describe the fore-doomed attempt to create a photograph in the 21st Century that can be passed off as having been taken in the 20th Century (or maybe even the 19th). As Earl pointed out, there are almost always giveaways - such as a modern car in the background (about which I have already expressed my not-so-humble opinion) - that spoil the illusion. The derivative term "Phraud-O-Freight" describes a train carefully painted and lettered for use in creating Phraud-O-Graphs, as shown in the following photo which I phraudulently claim to have taken back in the autumn of 1962 during my sophomore year in college
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Note the accurate (SFAIK)
Rio Grande lettering on the tender, and the waterbag partially obscuring the number on the cab, just like in the 'Good Old Days' from 1940 through late 1968. Note too the fireman communicating with the engineer by using a traditional hand signal for 'back up just a little' to spot the tender's water hatch directly under the spout, and the engineer's wearing of a semi-traditional Bowler hat
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BUT note also the barely visible patch of fresh black paint under the
Rio Grande logo, and the radio in the engineer's hand (not to mention the modern cinder screen on the loco's stack)
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So, as Earl presaged, even the most meticulous attention to detail can be overcome by a couple of very minor items, disabling an intended Phraud-O-Graph and rendering it into merely a pretty good railfan re-creation of an earlier time
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Roosso
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/08/2015 11:16PM by Russo Loco.