I didn’t adjust the colour and all that this week. There is something about admitting that May of 1971 was so long ago that its a little yellow.
Note the UP cat in the background with the kooky 1970’s typeface (font)
Alco made always bring a smile so it counts …-rob
Dad’s beloved SP&S RY was chock a block with interesting equipment.
Here we see SP&S 4068 {an Alco RS3} at the Port of Astoria, Oregon in 1975.
I tried teh Google man for a now/then view but was disappointed that he doesn’t go there.
That Pier face seems to be gone too & the Port is listed as a Cruise Terminal : https://www.portofastoria.com/General_Piers_Information.aspx#
Dad on cruises once: ” Yuk ”
Old man had a point.
Dad didn’t buy many slides but there are three here from “The Rail Image” of Denville, N.J. that I wanted to share.
They are of Dad’s beloved SP&S and each is fascinating in their own way
Oh and who amongst us have not put in a slide backwards !
Portland or perhaps Vancouver, WA side<?> Regardless 1990 is long after SP&S was deceased.
Kinda makes me miss 35MM film & Zoom Lenses for depth of field.
Golly it’s been a while!
I have been remiss in posting so I did a random grab from the Kodak pile in the footlocker that has quite a few “little yellow boxes”.
Here is OCT ’70 someplace on the SP&S – Dad had H.O. version similar to this at one point and I can see why.
Welp today would have been Fred’s 92nd birthday and I managed to grab this print of his.
Although undated it represents SP 4449 before restoring to make The American Freedom Train and then the Daylight thereafter.
Dad lived a few houses off the SP Peninsula line where 4449 and friends used to run by all day, shaking the house like a Three Stooges movie. He credited his interest in trains to this Amazon proximity to these giant, fire breathing beasts.
That was when San Mateo Drive was dirt … he told me about the sight of the elephant towing the steam calliope north up the slight hill with the man playing the circus “oomph path path oompah” music frantically, much to his amusement as a little boy.
That makes sense to me, the train connection…. Also the imagination of those traveling passengers and the places that he could only dream about.
Later in life we visited all 50 states, most several times, large part of Canada and Mexico too… all the while photographing the trains you see here.
Happy Birthday Dad, you would have been humbled by the appreciation shown by followers here.
But dude I wish you had marked the date and location on all these…
This was a funny little shot to find in a box. Location not noted but looks like a good started project for a speeder restoration person.
1981 was a 9 weeks on the road year like 1978 was. Leave in June when school ended and return in September when just before school started.
It’s kinda funny that just yesterday my oldest friend and I were discussing my strange memory and then I came across this box of Milwaukee Road images.
I seem to have the ability to recall in great detail places I visited once or twice while on the road and I still ” see ” my hometown as it was in the 70s… drive’s my wife nuts when we are there and I call out lunch at Arthur’s liquors ( its been a Mexican place since about 1980 ) .
See I can recall precisely the place this was taken, the heat and even a bit of the discussion Dad and I had about the “domes that contained palm trees”.
This terrarium seemed odd since we have three palms in the yard at home. “…think winter… ” was his reply. Oh, yeah.
I did check Google for confirmation – that the spot was the same.
<a href="http://<iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d9980.62587251174!2d-87.95331002126237!3d43.02643650000001!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88051a3b9067b207%3A0xacf13ad0984f6ec4!2sMitchell%20Park%20Horticultural%20Conservatory!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1602546616103!5m2!1sen!2sus" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen="" aria-hidden="false" tabindex="0">Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory
Lucky for me the ball park and arboretum are still there.
Also It realize its called Butler Yard and it has changed a lot… really most of it is gone now. I do like the high views tho..
I came across a Reddit trains thread and started to share Dad’s photos there too.
That made me want to re-share these Click me for Mexico
