Nostalgia & History > A few from a 10-05-86 trip to Tehachapi Pass

In October 1986 the SP/SF merger was a hot topic.
1. ATSF SFC 9544 E. at the oft photographed signal bridge north of Mojave
2. SP/SF merger painted SD 9 4347 - Mojave
3. ATSF SD45-2 W. in merger paint at Woodford, CA

Don Bowen
Saint Helena, CA

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4. Oil cans lead by SD 40 7315
5. Oil cans mid-train power
6. ATSF C30-7 8021 W

Don Bowen
Saint Helena, CA

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7. The caboose of ATSF 8021 W.
8. The caboose of the SP "Oil Cans"
9. ATSF merger painted SD45-2 5809 W at Sandcut

after looking at these images one can not help but see the great amount of change the last 25 years has made in Tehachapi Pass railroading

Don Bowen
Saint Helena, CA

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Excellent stuff Don. I remember those days well.

Wonderful shots, and awesome scans! What model scanner do you use?

Wow, that's 15 units on the oil cans train! I'd hate to be riding in that caboose if that train derailed.
Great shots!

This is the Tehachapi that I have fond memories of.

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nice photos Don ... did you happen to get a caboose to caboose meet photo

Very nice set of photos of a great era on the pass. Never saw that many units on the cans. Must have made very good time up the hill unless half were dead.
JB

3rdswitch Wrote:
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> Very nice set of photos of a great era on the
> pass. Never saw that many units on the cans. Must
> have made very good time up the hill unless half
> were dead.
> JB

Probably half dead

Great pic's and Awesome scans! That was my favorite time to be out on Tehachapi as well.

Thanks for the comments. Regarding the scans. In 1981 I built a color darkroom to make prints from slides, soon it became clear that better results were easier to obtain from using color negatives due to the excessive contrast of prints made from slides. IMHO I know about masks but that was not something I was interested in using. This is an extended explanation about the scanning question.

These are scans from 6x7 color negatives taken with a Pentax 67 and scanned with a dinosaur, a Minolta Dimage Scan Multi. Dinosaur? It uses a SCSI connection, no digital clean up, 1128 maximum dpi and no upgraded Minolta software for Windows 7. Fortunately Hamrick software's VueScan works with the scanner and Windows 7 and using a Google search some software was found made by Polaroid years ago that helps with the cleanup of dust and scratches. All these negatives have been added to an Excel spreadsheet which helps find a particular frame.

Don Bowen
Saint Helena, CA

dlbowen Wrote:
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> Thanks for the comments. Regarding the scans.
> In 1981 I built a color darkroom to make prints
> from slides, soon it became clear that better
> results were easier to obtain from using color
> negatives due to the excessive contrast of prints
> made from slides. IMHO I know about masks but
> that was not something I was interested in using.
> This is an extended explanation about the scanning
> question.
>
> These are scans from 6x7 color negatives taken
> with a Pentax 67 and scanned with a dinosaur, a
> Minolta Dimage Scan Multi. Dinosaur? It uses a
> SCSI connection, no digital clean up, 1128 maximum
> dpi and no upgraded Minolta software for Windows
> 7. Fortunately Hamrick software's VueScan works
> with the scanner and Windows 7 and using a Google
> search some software was found made by Polaroid
> years ago that helps with the cleanup of dust and
> scratches. All these negatives have been added to
> an Excel spreadsheet which helps find a particular
> frame.

Thanks for the info - very interesting. The results of all that speak for themselves.

So how do I convert my 35mm slides to 6x7 color negatives??? :-)