Color photos for WWII-era modelers

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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If you’re interested, I found some links today to the Library of Congress’s exhibition of FSA color pictures taken between 1939 and 1943.

http://midlandpacific.typepad.com/the_midland_pacific/2006/01/a_suddenly_colo.html

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I can’t comment on the prototype photos posted therein but I know some of the Canadaigua Southern shots are probably from as late as the 1980’s!

CNJ831

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Thanks for the link. Those are very interesting photos. I viewed them all. What I found interesting was how so many of them looked just like Norman Rockwell paintings come to life.

-Dave

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Yes, they are remarkable, aren’t they? I’m planning on going down to see the exhibit before it closes.

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Well, the ones of John Armstrong obviously were, but the vast majority of them were taken at the open house. I was there, and if you compare my photos to those on this website, the trains were spotted in the same positions. They weren’t running trains that day - it was a static display. I was really looking forward to getting pictures of the 4-6-6-6, and I was disappointed that they’d spotted it under an overpass.