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Steam & Excursion > Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957Date: 02/02/24 14:47 Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: MaryMcPherson I picked up some seriously reddened Ektachromes and got them through the scanner this afternoon. While there was no data with the slides other than the month and year, it was evident the location and the rest could be extrapolated. The story is below...
A Few Moments With Illinois Central Steam in 1957 | Along The Rails Mary McPherson Dongola, IL Diverging Clear Productions    Date: 02/02/24 15:36 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: kevink Awesome photos even with the red shift. Thanks for sharing.
Posted from iPhone Date: 02/02/24 16:08 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: Goalieman Love the pics, Mary. Thanks for posting.
Mark V. The Fort in Indiana Posted from iPhone Date: 02/02/24 18:02 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: elueck Let me take a whack at them!
   Date: 02/02/24 18:03 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: pennsy3750 The freight cars are almost as interesting as the engines pulling them.
Date: 02/02/24 18:05 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: elueck Not happy with #3 Tried again
 Date: 02/02/24 19:21 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: Juxen Just for fun, I wanted to try my hand at this too. Always love seeing the potential of older photos.
I will fully admit I changed the skybox of the third one, as the sky was too washed out to be salvageable.    Date: 02/02/24 22:03 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: dwatry Always love IC steam, and the progression of photoshopping was very interesting. I go through the same process with scanned slides that have turned - after a while it starts to look better!
Date: 02/03/24 07:56 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: BlaineM Thanks guys for giving those 2-10-2's new life. Good work.
Blaine American Fork Date: 02/03/24 08:14 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: Tominde Great stuff. When were they finally retired? Couldn't not have been too much longer in service.
Date: 02/03/24 15:17 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: MaryMcPherson Tominde Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Great stuff. When were they finally retired? > Couldn't not have been too much longer in > service. They were stricken from the roster in October of 1960, but would have last run in 1958. Mary McPherson Dongola, IL Diverging Clear Productions Date: 02/04/24 08:13 Re: Carbondale, Illinois, August 1957 Author: dcoursey Juxen, absolutely wonderful work on those photos!
And Mary, thanks for posting these. That view of the 2-10-2 is awesome. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/24 08:13 by dcoursey. |