Nostalgia & History > Photobob rail fanning in Canada 1980

I came on this old slide taken back in 1980. I was waiting to board the "Skenna" at Prince Rupert to go to Jasper. Man what a head of hair considering its just about all gone in the present time. Anybody out there that would post photos of their big hair period?

Robert Morris
Dunsmuir, CA
Robert Morris Photography

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I just saved that awesome pic, photobob! Have to work an early yard job tomorrow AM so can’t share one w/ you right now, but def have some long hair photos — great idea for a thread. I will get back to you !!

Bob those style jeans (briefly?) came back into style late '00s and those sneakers would qualify as retro chic basically any time over the past twenty years. Alas, the parka and the huge hair remain iconic 70's styles, as far as I'm aware. 

Hello Diesel my old friend....., Ive come to Photo you Again....! You know the ol Simon and Garfunkle thing!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA



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Didn't have that hair, but, I had a coat like that and still do!! Went on all my railfan adventure from the 70s until I stopped active train watching

Bill Rettberg
Bel Air, MD

I assume that Photobob was not in the Army at that time.  Gerry

That coat looks familiar. And I definitely had the tennis shoes & bell-bottoms. But I never quite grew a head of hair like that. By that age it was already going AWOL on me... :^(

Lance

Hey Bob - I'll take that challenge!  Here I am in 1977, at 21 years old, in Joliet Illinois with my namesake Rock Island car!  This car was rolling through on either the Peoria Rocket or the Quad Cities Rocket.  And, yes, I am wearing a Greyhound baseball cap.  I had worked summers for Greyhound loading bagagge and selling tickets. 


Duncan Watry



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I looked every bit a Californian out of context in Oklahoma in '76.  This was 24 on the way to OK City, employed as Assistant Curator with the American Freedom Train.  It's starting to be a very long time ago!
SR

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Who knew....

dwatry Wrote:
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> Hey Bob - I'll take that challenge!  Here I am in
> 1977, at 21 years old, in Joliet Illinois with my
> namesake Rock Island car!  This car was rolling
> through on either the Peoria Rocket or the Quad
> Cities Rocket.  And, yes, I am wearing a
> Greyhound baseball cap.  I had worked summers for
> Greyhound loading bagagge and selling tickets. 
>
>
> Duncan Watry

Nice photo of a Waukesha Ice Engine, virtually indestructible if the water pump was maintained.

Same said Rupert Rocket, Fraser sub. Sometime in the eighties.

Chris Rye

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1982 in Washington DC

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In a de-classified first class car on a train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston, April 1982.

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All you need is a parka and a scooter!