[burgerbern]

I thought i would start this thread to show scans of interesting slides i have purchased at auctions, being here in the UK as well as being a full time carer for my wife who cannot travel very far even by car, i will never be able to railfan in person, so this is the next best thing and i have found some gems

i will start of this thread with a scan of a WM BL2, photo was shot at Haggerstown, Maryland in October 1966 by Richard O Adams

 WM EMD BL2 #82.jpg (583.19K)
Number of downloads: 37

click on pic to view full size

[burgerbern]

here is another favourite a beatup hardworking R J Corman GP38 #7918 found resting on 8th February 1988 at Clearfield, Pennysylvania (photo by Doug Boyd)

 RJCP EMD GP38 #7918.jpg (716.51K)
Number of downloads: 21

like the other shot i have had to reduce the size by half from the scanned size but it is still larger than shown so click on it to view larger.

[burgerbern]

here we have a Fairbanks Morse PRR FM H10-44 #8228, the original slide had no info on date or the location (although could be Woodville, Pennysylvania) the photographer's name was also not on the slide.

 PRR FM H10-44 #8228.jpg (616.49K)
Number of downloads: 13

click on pic to see larger.

[conductorchris]

There are some beauties there, Bernard! Thank you for sharing. I'm enjoying them.

I did get to see on of those Western Maryland BL2's but only after it was in the museum in Baltimore.

I wish you the best with your wife. I know it can be intense. You are a good man.

Christopher

[burgerbern]

here is another favourite a Baldwin RS12 in SCL livery #208 taken around July 1974 location and photographer not stated on slide (date from processing info)


 SCL BLW RS12 #208.jpg (632.56K)
Number of downloads: 12

[keystoneaholic]

burgerbern, on 06 October 2016 - 01:17 AM, said:

I thought i would start this thread to show scans of interesting slides i have purchased at auctions, being here in the UK as well as being a full time carer for my wife who cannot travel very far even by car, i will never be able to railfan in person, so this is the next best thing and i have found some gems

i will start of this thread with a scan of a WM BL2, photo was shot at Haggerstown, Maryland in October 1966 by Richard O Adams

WM EMD BL2 #82.jpg

click on pic to view full size

Bernard,

I've been in the cab of that one, back in 1979, though it had been renumbered to 7182 if I remember right. It was just sitting outside the Haggerstown yard office idling, so no movement. The oddity I had not been expecting was that the cab effectively finished immediately behind the side access doors, so the side windows behind the doors were part of the engine room, so looking back from the cab you were looking through two windows to see the outside world and had a clear view of the prime mover and generator.

[burgerbern]

Rob

interesting fact about the window arrangement, nice it brought back some memories and at the same location 13 years later

[burgerbern]

Today's slide is a Conrail GP8 on a cab hop at Akron, Ohio on 9th September 1984 by George Cheatwood. This engine was originally NYC GP7 #5686 before being rebuilt as a GP8.

 CR EMD GP8 #5401.jpg (669.3K)
Number of downloads: 7

[burgerbern]

This is a beautifull slide which came today in the post, its so perfect a GBW Alco RS3m in the snow on 21st December 1989 pic taken by J.M.Seidl at Green Bay, Wisconsin


 GBW Alco RS3m #305.jpg (673.64K)
Number of downloads: 22

[burgerbern]

this time i turn to a mining road the Erie Mining Company with EMCO EMD F9A #4211 this pic was shot by Lon Coone at Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota on 6th September 1992

 EMCO EMD F9A #4211.jpg (757.76K)
Number of downloads: 13

as always click to see bigger pic.