Re: Matching trainsheets to photos . . . YIKES!!

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> Looking up bulk digitization of microfilm on the
> web, it appears that the cost would be $50 - 85
> per 100 ft reel. For 300 reels that would amount
> to $ 15,000 - $ 25,000.  That would save an in-
> credible amount of work on a desk type machine.
> Raising that amount of money is probably achiev-
> able.

John West Wrote:
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> And we could probably spread that $15K cost
> over time by prioritizing which reels to do first,
> etc., either by a sample approach, or picking
> time periods most of interest, etc. Jimmy might
> have some insights as to how that might best be
> done.  The trainsheets are a gold mine of hist-
> orical info about ops, and need to be put into a
> more robust and accessible format and media
> than microfilm.

hank Wrote:
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> I'd kick in $$'s for this, if I have any to spare,
> but I couldn't (barring a visit from the Publish-
> er's Clearing House Prize Patrol) give more
> than a trickle ($10? $20?) in any given month . . .


Count me in for an annual donation as well -

It seems to me that this is something that would fit in well with The Friends' Photo Collection, as it would provide a lot of background information to go along with the hundreds thousands of photos from at least ten different sources so far (not that Wes doesn't have enough to do without having to cross-reference the photos and the trainsheets).  And The Friends are already a 501c3, set up to accept pre-tax donations.

- Roosso