Pity the poor railfan in 1975. No scanners, no talking detectors, LV dispatchers didn't talk to the crew by radio. So you'd wind up with whatever random pics you could get, maybe taken too far away or with poor light. Here's AP-2 on 12-07-75, somewhere near Rush or Mendon.
Unlike today, where the last car can be ANYTHING, 45 years ago it was monotonous - EVERY train had a caboose on the rear. Oh sure, maybe PC's looked different from EL's which were different from LV's. But kinds predictable, don't you think? Here's an example of what we had to put up with.
And no nice wide-cabs - nosirree! just these old things, and in some cases even older like GP9's or even, on some roads, an F-7! And cameras were not as user friendly and shooting into the sun at dull Cornell-red units sometimes gave you results like this, eastbound at Wheatland Interlocking.
So next time you're out watching trains, take a moment to pity those who had to use old outdated methods to shoot old outdated equipment. But somehow we put up with it, just didn't know any better I guess!
Unlike today, where the last car can be ANYTHING, 45 years ago it was monotonous - EVERY train had a caboose on the rear. Oh sure, maybe PC's looked different from EL's which were different from LV's. But kinds predictable, don't you think? Here's an example of what we had to put up with.
And no nice wide-cabs - nosirree! just these old things, and in some cases even older like GP9's or even, on some roads, an F-7! And cameras were not as user friendly and shooting into the sun at dull Cornell-red units sometimes gave you results like this, eastbound at Wheatland Interlocking.
So next time you're out watching trains, take a moment to pity those who had to use old outdated methods to shoot old outdated equipment. But somehow we put up with it, just didn't know any better I guess!