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Good thing Del put in the effort though. What was a standard effort back in 1958 has since metamorphed into an old time classic.
Agree with Mooney about the classic look of the shot. Power wires and telegraph wires. The train makes one wonder what they were doing…a locomotive and caboose (van) to move a single tank car? The 55 Chev also harkens to a time when cars sold in Canada were a planer version of their U.S. cousins, less chrome trim and fewer paint options. Thanks for posting this.
You know it was personal service, Mr. Cdntrainphotog. Some of us guys remember personal service. That is what this photo was probably all about. And the van? No matter how short the trip, the boys had to keep the coffee hot.:o) People cared about each other once upon a time. Looking around these days, you’d never know it.
Very nice photo.
Any idea what the caboose number is? can you read it on Del’s slide Peter?
Thanks for the challenge, Mr. Host! Well, I found the original slide and held it up to the light. Even with a magnifying glass, the caboose number was just a tiny speck. I then loaded the digital discs I received from DigMyPics.com (I had the Rosamond slide scans recorded in both JPEG and TIFF format). The JPEG file was too blurry to answer your question. The TIFF file measured in at a whopping 44.5 MB. On max zoom and sharpness, I’m pretty sure the number is 437054 (the first digit and the last two digits were reasonably clear). With some interpolation from internet research, this falls in line with a series of wooden cabooses manufactured in 1943 (numbers 437039 – 437084). The first round of malt beverages, Sir, is on you!
Peter Thank you.