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Date: 04/08/26 07:58
EL Freight Leaving Marion
Author: refarkas

Mike Ondecker used his Instamatic to capture this Erie Lackawanna freight leaving Marion, Ohio in 1967.
Bob

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Date: 04/08/26 08:32
Re: EL Freight Leaving Marion
Author: gcm

Very nice at Marion.
I just saw the non-semaphore type signals here and wondered how far back the semaphores lasted.
Also a nice shot of the crossing guard and his shack - the guard and shack lasted right up to Conrail.
Gary

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Date: 04/08/26 09:32
Re: EL Freight Leaving Marion
Author: Gonut1

Mike got some decent shots using an instamatic. Perhaps I should havee tried B&W, most of my color shots were very poor. Too bad i didn't get a 35 mm much earlier.
I have posted some stuff on here but the quality has always been so sub-par :(
gonut

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Date: 04/08/26 09:56
Re: EL Freight Leaving Marion
Author: refarkas

Thankfully, today's photo editing software can make an acceptible Instamatic image from what was far from good.
Bob

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Date: 04/08/26 10:17
Re: EL Freight Leaving Marion
Author: 148Fireman

I've had problems with poor quality color prints from Instamatic negatives. I ended up biting the bullet, and in photoshop, switched to monochrome to save the image.
Bob

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Date: 04/08/26 11:01
Re: EL Freight Leaving Marion
Author: Lackawanna484

There's so much to like in the picture. The vehicle to the left, the guard shack, the rail layout, the background, etc.

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