Re: 493 with lumber loads at the "old" 2nd crossing on November 22, 1967

Tank Smith Wrote:
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> Re-assembling negative strips can be a real jig-
> saw puzzle, especially if there are individuals
> (Kodacolor negatives often came back from
> Rochester all separated).
>
> And 493 had that screecher whistle!


The slides & negs Olaf trusted me with – before he got his own scanner – were a piece of cake, Tank –

It was Ernie's from 1968 that were a challenge:  He had apparently bought a YUGE role of B&W negative film (100 feet?), that had numbers from 1 to 40 – over and over and over again – pre-"printed" on it, and then when he re-loaded his 35-mm camera cartridges he was off by 10 or 12 from roll to roll (maybe did a 20-exposure cartridge first, and didn't offset quite right for the subsequent 36-exposure rolls???  Anyway, it was fun keeping things in sequence from one roll to the next.  IMHO, it's a good thing the D&RGW ran only 9 revenue freights that last year . . .

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender