Re: (erielack) Turning the calendar...

["Tim Stuy" <njmidland_@_verizon.net>]

The photographer of this photo is notable as well.  Jim McClellan recently
retired from Norfolk Southern and is also the "hero" of Rush Loving's recent
book, "The Men Who Loved Trains".  In the book Jim had the luck to be in the
right places at the right times and this photo really shows that as well.

Tim

On 9/28/07, Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
>
> OK, since I'm off to Toronto on business this Sunday and won't be here
> Monday to flip the EL calendar, let's do it today! :)
>
> The October calendar photo is, IMHO, arguably the best of the bunch. A
> trio of clean DL&W Train Masters lead an eastbound freight towards New
> Jersey, just east of Slateford Junction, Pa. The large, puffy, almost
> Photoshop-like clouds in the sky and the early changes of fall help to
> enhance this already colorful images. The DL&W ballast is pretty sharp
> in this just-prior-to-merger view. I have many memories hiking up Mount
> Tammany (in the background across the Delaware River) looking down at
> this very location.
>
> Of note is the load immediately behind the power (looks like possibly a
> bulldozer on a flat?) and the unique-roofline B&O boxcar just behind
> that. Also interesting (to me at least) is the fact that the ballast
> isn't a uniform color but rather a mixture of light and dark gray
> shades.
>
> Overall, a wonderful October shot!
>
>         - Paul
>
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