Re: How did Otto Perry do it?

Bob:
I never had a chance to meet Otto, but I have known Bob Richardson and Dick Kindig for 35 years. Before they died, I had the opportunity to spend hours with Jack Thode and Donald EA Rogers. What is amazing to me is how expensive film and processing were in those days. Bob Richardson had one roll of film to shoot when he rode the Chili train in 41. When I bugged him about why he did not shoot more, he said that some fans shoot more pics on one fan trip on the C&TS than he did in years of shooting. It was the depression era. Film and film processing were not cheap, gas and lodging were hard to come by and were not cheap. We owe these guys a lot and should be glad that we have what we do instead of lamenting what they did not shoot (I am guility of that as anyone). Ditcher OX sat in the Durango yards for years. Lots of guys shot pics of engines in front of it, but only a few actually shot it. When I asked why, Dick Kindig said "No one thought of shooting something like that in those days." "And when you only have a few rolls of film to work with, you priortize.