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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Sun Oct 03, 1999 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | roundhouse near Flowmaton, Alabama |
<P>A recent post on the Rock Island Techincal Society discussion list noted existance of a 5-stall Illinois Central roundhouse just off I 65 near Flowmaton, Alabama, with a 4-6-2 on the turntable. Engine was painted black with "RI" under the cab windows, numbered 691. My maps show Flowmaton served by the L&N and the engine doesn't ring a bell at all. Can anyone explain this?<br> ryarger1@nycap.rr.com |
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| Author: | Alan Walker [ Sun Oct 03, 1999 4:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Odd photographs... |
<P>Sometimes railroads would alter photographs by airbrushing or otherwise doctoring photographs. A classic example of this would be Illinois Central No. 382. The IC would send photographs of the locomotive whenever someone wrote requesting a photo of Casey's locomotive. However, the locomotive that actually appears in the image was either the 380 or 386. The IC never took a photograph of the 382, so they took photographs of a sister locomotive and airbrushed the areas where the number appeared. This was done by master artists in their publicity department, making authentication of the photographs difficult if not impossible.<br> envlink@voyageronline.net |
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| Author: | Shay Stark [ Tue Oct 05, 1999 9:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Odd photographs... |
<P>Publicity photographs cannot be trusted for historical accuracy. In 1943, the Bamberger Electric Railroad based out of Salt Lake City, Utah purchased its first diesel locomotive. The railroad put the locomotive on display at each of the major stations. A newspaper advertisement depicted the Alco RS1 with the railroads name wrapped around the headlight on the long end of the locomotive, which the locomotive never wore. The only clue that the photograph was retouched is one bolt and the very tip of a grab iron have been cut off by the lettering. <p>Another good example of publicity magic is a publicity photograph taken by the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad. The picture depicts numerous people boarding an interurban car in the Salt Lake Terminal. If one looks at the picture closely they can see that there are only five people shown in the picture. The rest are those same 5 people cut out and stacked in various ways on top of each other. My print has the actual cut outs glued on. They even went to the trouble of painting the edges of the cutouts so that they would blend in with the others.<br><br> Shays@aquaeng.com |
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