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Nostalgia & History > LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FADate: 04/18/17 09:32 LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: valmont Someone can surely ID this location, units are NY,NH&H #0405,0452,0404 .... you never can tell what's hiding in the Logan's!
 Date: 04/18/17 09:48 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: NYC_L4a I want to say Maybrook NY.
Date: 04/18/17 09:51 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: TCnR Went to Photoshop and did a couple of quick auto-auto and found there's a lot going on in the photo:
 Date: 04/18/17 09:52 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: GN599 Maybrook NY, I have seen other pics it was an open house part of an excursion. I just can't remember what damn book it was in lol!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/17 09:54 by GN599. Date: 04/18/17 09:58 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: bluesboyst Yup, that sure is Maybrook.....
Date: 04/18/17 10:30 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: valmont As soon as 'open house' was mentioned I remembered this shot ... bet this was the same day ....
... and I lightened this one up this time .... thanks TCnR for the help on first shot Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/17 10:51 by valmont.   Date: 04/18/17 10:46 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: Tominde That is an amazing shot with all the people in the shop tracks.
Date: 04/18/17 11:02 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: RNP47 I know this must seem silly, but these photos just don't seem real, like they are off a train simulator program... Must just be me....
Date: 04/18/17 11:02 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: DavidP Funny to see diesels over the ash pit.
Dave Date: 04/18/17 11:23 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: WM303 "this must seem silly, but these photos just don't seem real . . . "
I know what you mean. I feel the same way every time I see adult men in a railyard wearing suits and ties. Date: 04/18/17 11:40 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: pal77 While these shots are well before my time, this looks like it might be Maybrook NY. The second shot I am almost sure its Maybrook. Really cool stuff, btw if this is Maybrook this real estate is now a trucking terminal.
Date: 04/18/17 12:04 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: krm152 Really a great look back in time.
ALLEN Date: 04/18/17 12:07 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: TCnR Seems like it's really fine resolution, either in the scan or the original film. The clean clothes really pop againest the coal and oil background, but even the buildings have a fine testure to them. Interesting stuff.
RNP47 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know this must seem silly, but these photos just > don't seem real, like they are off a train > simulator program... Must just be me.... Date: 04/18/17 17:46 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: Milwaukee TCnR Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Went to Photoshop and did a couple of quick > auto-auto and found there's a lot going on in the > photo: Nice work with Photoshop. That really makes a huge difference and brought out a great deal of detail. Date: 04/18/17 18:07 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: Lackawanna484 The pictures have a "model railroad" quality to them. Women in skirts in the rail yard, the almost radioactive orange on the Alco units. Why aren't there any tenant railroad units in the shops area?
Date: 04/18/17 18:25 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: daylightdon Love the New Haven and love the Alco's, but I sure don't care for that paint scheme.
Date: 04/18/17 19:00 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: Atlpete Maybrook did have multiple connections, I'm not sure that Erie, L&HR, NYO&W and L&NE had a separate terminal.
It's a good question, I'm inclined to think Maybrook solely based on the stack on the witch's hat over one of the coal silos, Cavanaugh's book by NJ has a shot looks pretty much dead one for both of these save one of the two bunkers Date: 04/18/17 19:40 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: DavidP If it isn't Maybrook, where would it be? It's not Cedar Hill - no catenary in view. It's not in the Boston area, and it's not Worcester. So by process of elimination it's pretty clear we're looking at Maybrook.
Dave Date: 04/18/17 20:58 Re: LLB: New Haven Alco's FA/FB/FA Author: wabash2800 Yes, fine resolution. They are probably ASA 25 Kodachromes. That's what they had to work with back then.
Victor A. Baird http://www.erstwhilepublications.com TCnR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seems like it's really fine resolution, either in > the scan or the original film. The clean clothes > really pop againest the coal and oil background, > but even the buildings have a fine testure to > them. Interesting stuff. > |