Re: Trains Magazine

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> I got quite a surprise yesterday, Jerry -
>
> You obviously knew that Trains would be
> using your photos, but I had no idea that Jim was
> going to re-print the article I did for him a
> couple of years ago – including the two-page
> vertical centerfold of movie starlet #483. 
> Since I mentioned three photos in my write-up of
> that two-day adventure back in 1968 that were not
> printed with the article, I'll take advantage of
> this chance to complete the story.
>
> This first one was taken just a few miles south of
> Alamosa, early on the first day when I somehow
> managed to get around the pack of chasers and far
> enough ahead of the double-header to set up at a
> minor grade crossing.  IIRC, that's Olaf
> Rasmussen in the VW outrunning the fast-moving
> train:

>
> Prior to the "centerfold" mentioned above and the
> subsequent going-away shot with the brakeman on
> the car-tops (top right on page 10, which Olaf
> – who was shooting over my shoulder –
> caught in his movie) I got this one of the crew
> servicing the engines during their lunch stop at
> Sublette:

>
> Also mentioned in the article, but not printed
> with it, is my lifetime favorite photo.  Shot
> almost directly into the sun with a mid-range
> camera using slow film, it doesn't have near the
> range that modern digital cameras can capture, but
> I've always thought of it as "The Last Real
> Freight":

Sounds like it was a good surprise.