Nostalgia & History > Fairbank Morse Friday

Madison Wisconsin
1983

Fairbank-Morse switchers working around the old Milwaukee Road and Illinois Central yards

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More FM Switcher action in Madison Wisconsin

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Last one

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Working FM pictures are a rarity, these are great, thanks!

These pictures are interesting technically. Were they taken on something like Tri-X? They almost look like they were low-light images, but seem to have been taken in daylight. I'm not complaining mind you, any pictures from the past are great to have! I'm just trying to understand whether the film has decayed over the years, or if maybe they were a little underexposed at the time. (Lord knows I was good at that before I finally got a camera that could automatically adjust exposure!)

the negative says Kodak Safety Film 5063. IIRC, it was a very cloudy and rainy day in Madison

I miss the old days of interesting railroading

lwilton Wrote:
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> Working FM pictures are a rarity, these are great,
> thanks!
>
> These pictures are interesting technically. Were
> they taken on something like Tri-X? They almost
> look like they were low-light images, but seem to
> have been taken in daylight. I'm not complaining
> mind you, any pictures from the past are great to
> have! I'm just trying to understand whether the
> film has decayed over the years, or if maybe they
> were a little underexposed at the time. (Lord
> knows I was good at that before I finally got a
> camera that could automatically adjust exposure!)

Thanks!

When did the last Milw FM operate in revenue service? Was that the last Class I using FMs?

Thanks in advance,

Rob L.

Norfolk and Western's last operable FM, No. 173, leads an excursion train across the Roanoke River on the Winston-Salem District "Punkin' Vine" nearing the end of its trip. It was originally Virginian Railway H24-66 No. 73.

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arrow611 Wrote:
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> Norfolk and Western's last operable FM, No. 173,
> leads an excursion train across the Roanoke River
> on the Winston-Salem District "Punkin' Vine"
> nearing the end of its trip. It was originally
> Virginian Railway H24-66 No. 73.

Date, please?

Thanks in advance,

Rob L.