Nostalgia & History > Penn Central Selkirk 1969

I just opened the box containing my new slide scanner and tried a scan without reading the manual or knowing what I'm doing. I promise to improve. Selkirk August 1969.

KG

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Great for a first try!

Nice image!

That is one wild set of locomotives.

BSB

I think you can get a pass for this...no real need for improvement when the subject matter is that neat!

DrLoco Wrote:
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no real need
> for improvement when the subject matter is that
> neat!


I agree!

Great stuff KG, expect to see more soon! Well done!

Brian N.

Practice is perfect! In no time, you will adjust in flying colors!

Looking forward for PC in NY.. Thanks!

CR

Great catch and scan! Three builders, two roads, at least four models including semi rare multi colored PC worm.
JB

The scan looks good to me. Also, no one seam to mention the DT&I unit in the picture. I guess DT&I 402 escaped the mainline for a while.


Cass Telles
"Slow-Approach-Slow" - 'Go by way of the B&O'
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A more interesting variety of motive power than what you see these days, but the yards look practically empty by comparison.

Ray

The rebuild of Selkirk had only just been completed when the photo was taken. Euclid scrapers were parked where today the dispatching office sits.

KG



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/13 07:41 by kgmontreal.

Penn Central was depressing but one thing was that you never knew what would be in the consist of the next train.

SlwApprSlw Wrote:
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> The scan looks good to me. Also, no one seam to
> mention the DT&I unit in the picture. I guess DT&I
> 402 escaped the mainline for a while.
>
>
> Cass Telles
> "Slow-Approach-Slow" - 'Go by way of the B&O'
> Railroads of NW Ohio
> http://www.trainweb.org/rrnwoh
> My photostream on Flickr -
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctelles/

I thought that D T & I was just an error in scanning... :-)

I wonder what it was doing out there, not many pictures of the D T & I going east or west although they did make it south from Cincinnati on occasion.

Have fun with scanning, it is a lot of fun.

Jim

It was the one and only time I saw a DT&I unit in Selkirk. It was running and not being hauled dead.

KG

Very nice. I always enjoy old PC stuff. And the scan is great, the only think I think might be needed is to touch up some dust spots, although they don't really detract from the image.

Was that DT&I possibly run through from Flat Rock?

Regarding dust, it's alot easier to clean the slides before scanning. Dust removing software can remove other things, like code lines, in my experience. You can get good results using the clone tool in Photoshop Elements, but this gets time-consuming if you have alot of slides to scan. Get a microfiber cloth at a camera store made for cleaning lenses, etc. I use it to dab lightly at the slide until I get the stuff off.

I actually went on a railfan trip that did a tour of Selkirk Yard after it was rebuilt. PC was proud to show it off. Great photo.

I've used film cleaner in liquid form. It also removed some kind of growth on some Kodachromes I had taken in the 1950's. I used a lens cleaner cloth and Q tips.

halfmoonharold Wrote:
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> Regarding dust, it's alot easier to clean the
> slides before scanning. Dust removing software can
> remove other things, like code lines, in my
> experience. You can get good results using the
> clone tool in Photoshop Elements, but this gets
> time-consuming if you have alot of slides to scan.
> Get a microfiber cloth at a camera store made for
> cleaning lenses, etc. I use it to dab lightly at
> the slide until I get the stuff off.