Re: Here's one for the experts
| December 11, 2016 05:56PM |
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Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Thats more than I got - Nothing but black
> screen after it tried to load.
Me too - but I noticed that the link (above) is broken up, with some additional characters "outside of" or "following" what appears to be the actual link -
I have found that sometimes if I start a 'reply' - and merge everything together and then do a 'preview' - that the link in the preview will work O-K . . .
> I know the last train was Aug 31, 1968,
> as 483 made the RT {from Durango} to
> Farmington and back.
Ah-yup -
A bunch of us chased the last westbound freight from Alamosa to Chama on 08/28/68, and Ernie & I chased the last eastbound on 08/29/68 'til it rounded the corner near m.p. 322.8 (labeled 'Los Pinos Station' on Ernie's map, but actually just a telegraphone booth):
Photo Copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - ALL Rights Reserved.
I headed on east and intercepted #498 south of Antonito at mp 286.72, but Ernie turned around to chase the westbound to Durango - and the last Farmington RT on 08/31/68. He's been talking for years about two more books in the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge – The Final Years series that he co-authored with Joe Hereford, but so far only 'Alamosa to Chama' has been published. I hope they get Volume 2 - 'Chama to Durango' and Volume 3 - 'Durango to Farmington' completed while my poor old eyes can still see well enough to appreciate them!
- El Abuelo Loco
p.s to Charlie. IMHO, it would be better to scan that newspaper - preferably full-size if you can find a pro shop to do it, but even in sections and then stitching together if you have to. Second best would be to at least scan all the images high-res, so they can be embedded in a final version even if you have to re-type some of it after using OCR to get most of the text.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/2016 06:12PM by Russo Loco.
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> Thats more than I got - Nothing but black
> screen after it tried to load.
Me too - but I noticed that the link (above) is broken up, with some additional characters "outside of" or "following" what appears to be the actual link -
I have found that sometimes if I start a 'reply' - and merge everything together and then do a 'preview' - that the link in the preview will work O-K . . .
> I know the last train was Aug 31, 1968,
> as 483 made the RT {from Durango} to
> Farmington and back.
Ah-yup -
A bunch of us chased the last westbound freight from Alamosa to Chama on 08/28/68, and Ernie & I chased the last eastbound on 08/29/68 'til it rounded the corner near m.p. 322.8 (labeled 'Los Pinos Station' on Ernie's map, but actually just a telegraphone booth):
Photo Copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - ALL Rights Reserved.
I headed on east and intercepted #498 south of Antonito at mp 286.72, but Ernie turned around to chase the westbound to Durango - and the last Farmington RT on 08/31/68. He's been talking for years about two more books in the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge – The Final Years series that he co-authored with Joe Hereford, but so far only 'Alamosa to Chama' has been published. I hope they get Volume 2 - 'Chama to Durango' and Volume 3 - 'Durango to Farmington' completed while my poor old eyes can still see well enough to appreciate them!
- El Abuelo Loco
p.s to Charlie. IMHO, it would be better to scan that newspaper - preferably full-size if you can find a pro shop to do it, but even in sections and then stitching together if you have to. Second best would be to at least scan all the images high-res, so they can be embedded in a final version even if you have to re-type some of it after using OCR to get most of the text.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/2016 06:12PM 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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