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Nostalgia & History > F-unit Friday: Solomon, KS ala 1990Date: 05/13/22 05:25 F-unit Friday: Solomon, KS ala 1990 Author: santafe199 I can add my late friend, Jim Watson to the long list of other friends & railfan contacts who attended this event 32 years ago in Solomon, KS. A seminal railfan event gathering UP 844, BN’s dark green & cream “Executive” F units and Santa Fe stainless steel led by Super Fleet Red & Silver.
With such a gathering of Kodachrome-worthy color I was certainly singing the blues while being stuck 1300+ miles away up in the Big Sky. I was into my fourth year of employment with Montana Rail Link and just couldn’t finagle the needed days off to come home for the occasion. I pulled every string I could think of. But thank goodness for the slide-trading & general sharing aspect of this great hobby. I can at least amass a handful of digital images from an amazing array of fellow railfan photographers who were there... 1. BN 1 + train posing for photographer James W. Watson in Solomon, KS on October 14, 1990. Thanks for looking back! Lance Garrels (santafe199) Remembering the late Jim Watson, aka ‘UP6900’ PS: I had to use Photoshop’s ‘Sky Replacement’ feature here. My original Hewlett-Packard (junk) scanner was on its last legs and kicked out an image with those faint, but tell-tale pastel rainbow streaks in the light blue sky. It was not long after this that I picked up my first Epson scanner, a V550. Glory-hallelujah!!! :^) Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/23 03:30 by santafe199. Date: 05/13/22 05:41 Re: F-unit Friday: Solomon, KS ala 1990 Author: refarkas Beautiful!
Bob Date: 05/13/22 07:21 Re: F-unit Friday: Solomon, KS ala 1990 Author: GP30Frank Gosh Lance, matbe Epson should use as a spokesperson !
Date: 05/13/22 07:48 Re: F-unit Friday: Solomon, KS ala 1990 Author: santafe199 GP30Frank Wrote: > ... [maybe] Epson should use [you] as a spokesperson !
Compared to past HP results my Epson is a quantum leap better in quality. BUT... I'm far from the only person here on TO who extols the virtues of Epson scanning technology.... :^) Lance Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/13/22 07:52 by santafe199. Date: 05/13/22 08:51 Re: F-unit Friday: Solomon, KS ala 1990 Author: krm152 SUPER SHARP!
ALLEN Date: 05/14/22 11:37 Re: F-unit Friday: Solomon, KS ala 1990 Author: texchief1 Nice shot, Lance!
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