[PRCo] Re: 3-car fantrip from Pittsburgh to PRMA Washington

[Bob Rathke]

John Swindler wrote:

> How about a photo line of railfans???  And these just happen to be two of
> possible couple dozen negatives/slides of this scene.  After all, it was a
> fantrip.
>
> Instead, how about something else to ponder:  So where are the other 500
> slides/negatives taken on this fantrip??  (just as a guesstimate: 30-40
> railfans expose 1-2 rolls of film each)  Suspect the photographic record
of
> our hobby is like an iceberg:  We've only seen the top 10% so far.
>
> John

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John,

A good question (about the 500 photos).  I know several people who were on
rail and trolley fantrips with me, and some of them took many more photos
than I did.  They're still fans, but I've not seen any of their old photos
recently (in person, in books or on websites).  I suspect that they've
simply continued to keep those photos in shoe boxes or file cabinets for
retrieval "someday".  I'll have to ask them next time we get together.

As for the WP 832 photos at Drake: I'm sure there were a line of fans taking
photos of that scene.  My post was prompted by the indicatoions that the
photos that Jim and I have seem to have been taken from the EXACT location.

Bob 10/18/01
>
>
>
> > > You may have a copy of a  *similar*  photo, but not this particular
> > > one.(:->)   This is  NOT  a Bill Gwinn photo.
> >
> >I double-checked my NMRA flyer, and yes, 4398 was used in the parade of
> >trolleys night fantrip in August, 1958.
> >
> > >... 4398 was purchased by PERC or PRMA later - 1956.04.05.   Don't
> > > have the actual date of the move to Arden  --  think it was several
> > > years later.  Didn't you detail that 4398 was used on the NMRA charter
> >in
> >1956 or
> > > thereabouts??
> >
> >Bob 10/17/01
> >
> >
>
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