North Springfield - 1942

Discussion in 'General' started by frisco1522, Jun 17, 2011.

  1. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    I'm starting to work on the other roll of film. I think I've discovered a way to deal with these rolls. I was rummaging around and found a plastic, snap shut slide mount. My feverish brain wondered how it would work if I cut these into single frames and mounted them in slide mounts. Looks like a winner!
    I'm posting one of the better (as far as scratches, etc) shots for you to see how much cleanup work is needed. I've ordered a box of slide mounts also and plan to mount the rest of the negs one at a time.
     

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  2. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Don, with a little adjustment to contrast and an overall increase in mid-tones, the picture turns out real nice (ignoring scratches). Please post more!
     
  3. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    I posted it as scanned with no Photoshop work. I couldn't live with the scratches, so will clean them up as best I can. I wish I knew how to get the full use out of Photoshop. Maybe I ought to go to a class. My version is getting old, CS which is at least three versions old now. It's too darned expensive to upgrade, so I'll just have to live with it. When I get the time. I'll clean this shot up and repost it.
     
  4. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    OK, so here's one that I worked on for about an hour. Still some scratches, but nowhere as bad as it was.
     

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  5. qaprr

    qaprr Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Well done!
    Mike L
     
  6. gbmott

    gbmott Member

    Speechless! Wow!

    Gordon
     
  7. Ozarktraveler

    Ozarktraveler Member

    Yes. Great stuff!
     
  8. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    These are from scans using the negative holder in my slide scanner, which didn't hold the film flat. I don't know how many years I've had a print of the 4504-4304 and looked at it, but didn't notice until I scanned it that my old girlfriend 1522 was in town right behind the 4304. This one was a bear to clean up. The other two are a shot of the fireman/front brakeman and the engineer on a coalburner, maybe the 4416. They aren't the best, but I love 'em anyway. Been there done that and miss it really bad. Last one is self explanatory, 4504 taking coal.
     

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  9. Rancho Bob

    Rancho Bob Member

    I wish my friend, Bill White, had a computer...he'd love to see this stuff. What a beautiful roster.

    Buck
     
  10. gbmott

    gbmott Member

    Don

    It's all the little stuff in these photos -- what the crew is wearing and the case that I assume contained a timetable and whatever else in the engineer's hip pocket. Do they even make cotton waste anymore? Would that be the blower valve that the fireman is adjusting? I hope there are about 500 negatives on that roll!

    Gordon
     
  11. Sirfoldalot

    Sirfoldalot Frisco.org Supporter Frisco.org Supporter

    Arrrrg, Matey, if only the photographer had been about 30 feet down the track by him and panned left a bit on the 4504, 4304, and 1522 shot.
    Never mind .... It's grrrreat! (all of them)
     
  12. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    It's the blower valve the fireman is tweaking. The black leatherette case most likely contains an employee timetable, any special instructions and his time slip book. Maybe also a book of rules. Not like today when you see them handing up suitcases full of stuff.
    I think cotton waste is still around. We visited the Georgetown Loop RR back in the '80s and the engineer was an old T&NO engineer who remembered the 1500s running on their line and really admired them. Said everyone in town knew when one was leaving with a train.
    He gave me a piece of waste to wipe my hands on and I still have it.
     
  13. FriscoFriend (Bob Hoover RIP 4/12/2018)

    FriscoFriend (Bob Hoover RIP 4/12/2018) Passed Away April 12, 2018 Frisco.org Supporter

    These are priceless just the way they are!
     
  14. Steve40cal

    Steve40cal Member

    We need a Delorean, 1.21 Jigawatts and a video camera for a trip back to 1942 in Springfield! Steve.
     
  15. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    OK, I got a box of slide mounts and cut the film strips into single frames and mounted them. Huge difference in scanning them! Plus, I used an old darkroom trick of smearing a little "nose oil" on the glossy side to help with all the scratches. Each one of the images still required a good hour of work in Photoshop getting rid of scratches and the like. So here we go with some more from Springfield.
    The shots of the helper coupling into the caboose is in Newburg and the engine is No. 19. The two shots from the cupola are on the hill and show the helper, No. 19 uncoupled on the fly and dropping back.
    If I'm not mistaken, the Dispatcher was stationed at Newburg then, but this shot looks like an old building interior.
    I don't understand why the uploader doesn't upload the pictures in the order I picked them.
    Enjoy
     

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  16. qaprr

    qaprr Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Thanks Don, great shots and a great job of cleaning them up!

    Mike L
     
  17. Brad Slone

    Brad Slone Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Don,

    The shots of Springfield are great, but photos of helper from the cupola, well that's just incredible, thanks for the work and for sharing!

    Brad
     
  18. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    After I recover from all of these, I'll do the QA&P stuff over.
     
  19. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Any idea of just where on Rolla Hill the "UNC" shot is of 19 from the cupola?

    Ken
     
  20. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    Probably after most of the train is through Coleman's Cut.
     

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