Nostalgia & History > F-Unit Friday - NYC 1698

Sometimes a defective negative is given a chance. This one was improperly processed and has hundreds of very tiny white spots from air bubbles. If this were any larger, the white spots would be too obvious.
NYC 1698 is in an unknown location in 1968/1969. There is what looks to be a wooden caboose in front of the building on the right.
Bob

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Very interesting photo with the heavy industry background, not to mention the caboose hiding by the door. Don't see too many NYC F-units on the web these days.

PhotoShop Elements has some simple to use tools to deal with the specs and other facts of life that appear on scans. It also deals with heavy shadows and can sharpen an image by adding pixels around the fine lines. Pretty cool stuff, highly recommended. Last I heard it was still under $100 bucks.

t4p.

Definitely interesting. The primary subject matter, NYC 1698 is definitely a subject of interest.
In the immediate background is an overhead crane.
A little further back is the building with the wooden caboose in front of it. Caboose will probably meet its demise here.
Then further back is a steel trestle.
Finally there is a cluster of buildings that appear to be a church and related structures.
Hopefully there are enough clues here for someone to identify the scene.
ALLEN

Nice clean NYC F unit soon after Penn Central was formed - good one.
Gary

If you could only see my grin. This is after Lightroom and Photoshop! You should have seen it originally.
Bob

almost looks like rain or snow.

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

Ex Pennsy FP7 behind in PC Pnt. Looks like it might be 4335. Nice shot. Ben

My guess would be Cincinnati. Also, Fs were regulars btw Grand Rapids and Cincinnati on GR6 and GR7 into the PC era.

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/25/18 20:24 by wabash2800.

Nice work, Bob. Both then and now.

Ken

Wow, that F-Unit sure looks sharp being clean.