One reason so few photos are around is not because they weren't taken, but most of us handling cameras in the 50s and 60s are either gone or getting up there in years. It's obvious that Richardson was taking photos of the same train that day, as well as the other 3 fellows in the pictures, but I don't know who they were or what happened to them. A lot of our treasures get trashed by family when we get shuffled off to the old folk's homes or get buried, and even mundane photos 40 and 50 years later take on special meaning. I have hundreds of slides ranging from Southern Pacific ferry boats and Key System trains in service to stuff taken this past year, but aside from the material Dell McCoy used for his calendars and books, only a few long suffering friends have seen my photos. I have stood next to Dick Steinheimer when he was taking photos--mine were dismal and his were published in Trains. So, most of my photographic efforts have been for my own amusement.
A long time ago, we used to have slide shows after dinner at the Holmes brothers place in Glenwood, Calif. Jim and Dick had a great collection of 16mm movies, and I would show my Colorado narrow gauge stuff. It was great fun looking at all this under the redwoods, usually with the One Spot simmering, under steam, on the nearby 15" gauge track. My photos range from prowling around the C&S roundhouse in Denver with live steam to the Virginia Blue Ridge and the E.J. Levino steel mill in Lynchburg, Va to steam in Germany. A lot of stuff, and I now see the need to collect it all together and make sure it survives my ultimate demise in good hands.
