Trackside Photographs early 1980's

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I found some of my old 35mm slides from the early 1980’s

These are on the BN at Elsberry Mo.

This is the Texaco Oil at Greenville Tx

MKT company sand hopper & sand tower ( I think at KC Mo)

ATSF at KC Mo

I do not know but very odd

I think this is at Roodhouse Ill.

These slides plus some others I had misplaced & had not scene them since when I shot the film.

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Tomkat what rail line served the Texaco facility in Greenville, TEXAS?

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I think it might be MKT…but I took that photo in Dec 1983 when I was on a road trip & do not remember.

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Fascinating. A good demonstration that railroad slides that show no trains are sometimes the most interesting; and note how many things seen in the backgrounds of the photos are of interest to a vintage modeler.

This is not meant as a criticism in any way believe me but your scans remind me of something a very good photographer and world traveler told me not long ago: one of the biggest challenges to high quality scans of 35mm slides is getting rid of as much dust and debris from the image as possible.

Dave Nelson

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My personal favorite is the speeder trailer. I’m trying to get into to that hobby, but will stick to modeling.

PS You must be a navy fan