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Erik W

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Cool winter photo essay
« on: August 26, 2016, 05:46:10 PM »
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This photo essay of the Pere Marquette 1225 is very well done.  I like the period autos and dress of the folks in the photos.  Feels like being propelled back in time to the mid-1940s.
http://www.steamphotos.com/Railroad-Photos/Pere-Marquette-1225-Photos/

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Re: Cool winter photo essay
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2016, 05:59:19 PM »
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Beautiful effort in staging the "back in time" appearance. Well done. Even made it a point to not have the covered hoppers too close to the camera, which would reveal their more recent heritage and that they appeared to have roller-bearing conversions.

Makes a suddenly-prominent anachronism even that much more apparent, however - the flag and flagpole at the station. Spun aluminum poles are strictly modern, and it's a 50-star flag. 48 would've flown in the depicted era.
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