CCT 70 on the Cosumnes River bridge during the 1982 flood fight
1982 was a really wet winter and local rivers were at peak flows when I took this shot of the 70, caboose 24 and Burro crane 9 working to keep debris from accumulating on the upstream side of the trestle over the Cosumnes River floodplain. This looks like about the peak flow level for this storm on the Cosumnes River given there are no higher water marks visible, meaning the water has yet to recede, but it could also mean the water could go even higher! The average daily flow on January 5th was 17,400 cfs as measured at the Michigan Bar gauge several miles upstream - and that's the average flow over the 24 hours between midnight on the 4th and midnight on the 5th, meaning the actual flow at the time the photograph was taken could have been substantially greater.
This was captured with that slide film that could be used to make slides and prints. It was used in movie production, but is inherently unstable so over the years it aged poorly becoming mostly a pink image. With the magic of scanning software (I use Silverfast), I was able to mostly correct for the off-color. It's not great, but it's better than not having an image at all.
CCT 70 on the Cosumnes River bridge during the 1982 flood fight
1982 was a really wet winter and local rivers were at peak flows when I took this shot of the 70, caboose 24 and Burro crane 9 working to keep debris from accumulating on the upstream side of the trestle over the Cosumnes River floodplain. This looks like about the peak flow level for this storm on the Cosumnes River given there are no higher water marks visible, meaning the water has yet to recede, but it could also mean the water could go even higher! The average daily flow on January 5th was 17,400 cfs as measured at the Michigan Bar gauge several miles upstream - and that's the average flow over the 24 hours between midnight on the 4th and midnight on the 5th, meaning the actual flow at the time the photograph was taken could have been substantially greater.
This was captured with that slide film that could be used to make slides and prints. It was used in movie production, but is inherently unstable so over the years it aged poorly becoming mostly a pink image. With the magic of scanning software (I use Silverfast), I was able to mostly correct for the off-color. It's not great, but it's better than not having an image at all.