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50 years ago -Trip Pic #1
Now that you've heard the back story on my 1972 vacation, it's time to fire up the Way Back Machine and take a look at some pictures from that trip.
You've all seen the television commercials where they get you all fired up about something and then lay this massive disclaimer on you at the end. I'm going to flip the script and give you the disclaimer first.
Rail photography in mid-to-late June can be somewhat problematic with the high sun and the hazy skies. Add to that a camera with an inconsistent light meter and some low budget Fotomat processing and you get not the greatest picture quality. Hopefully the subject matter will make up for all that.
Traveling across Nebraska in 1972, Interstate 80 is still under construction and you're going back and forth between it and old US 30, the nation's first transcontinental highway. Just North of Lincoln, the Burlington Northern passes beneath I80. As I pass over the BN, I can see the headlight for a westbound in the distance, so I hop off I80. The westbound has BN 6430 (ex-GN 400) the one-of-a-kind "Hustle Muscle" SD45 in the lead. Talk about finding a needle in a Nebraska haystack!
50 years ago -Trip Pic #1
Now that you've heard the back story on my 1972 vacation, it's time to fire up the Way Back Machine and take a look at some pictures from that trip.
You've all seen the television commercials where they get you all fired up about something and then lay this massive disclaimer on you at the end. I'm going to flip the script and give you the disclaimer first.
Rail photography in mid-to-late June can be somewhat problematic with the high sun and the hazy skies. Add to that a camera with an inconsistent light meter and some low budget Fotomat processing and you get not the greatest picture quality. Hopefully the subject matter will make up for all that.
Traveling across Nebraska in 1972, Interstate 80 is still under construction and you're going back and forth between it and old US 30, the nation's first transcontinental highway. Just North of Lincoln, the Burlington Northern passes beneath I80. As I pass over the BN, I can see the headlight for a westbound in the distance, so I hop off I80. The westbound has BN 6430 (ex-GN 400) the one-of-a-kind "Hustle Muscle" SD45 in the lead. Talk about finding a needle in a Nebraska haystack!