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Re: (erielack) AS - 616
Walt,
I'll echo everyone else's delight with the stories and hope you keep them
coming.
I think I have to disagree with you on one thing. You said you didn't know
how to compose a foto. I think the meet at Homer is very well composed. It
puts you right in the action to the point you can easily imagine the smells
and sounds of the moment. It's a great shot!
Dick Honeyman
ELHS 2904
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Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) AS - 616
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> I wish I could do as good with the PC as with the locomotives........My
uncle
> gave me an Argus C-3 ayear or 2 after I hired out, first time I'd SEEN a
35
> mm camera.I used to put it in my grip. I realize now that I didn't know
about
> how to compose a foto, but I was 'on the spot' for some rare stuff. I'll
try
> & send one as an attachment. It's a foto of tne Cortland local in the
siding
> at Homer, NY waiting for BS 51 to go by on the former DL&W Syracuse
Division.
> We're in the siding & I got on the ground to record events. I took a
4
> shot series, but this one's the middle shot & shows our engine with Norm
> Orcutt (chewtobacco) in the cab looking on. As BS51 approaches, Bill
Smith,
> the headman, is on the ground to give the runby inspection. The Homer
> passenger station is in the background as well as a typical DL&W
> building...the gateman's shanty on a pillar at the left of the road
crossing.
> Across the tracks & on the other side of the crossing is the old freight
> station. At this point in time, (mid-60s) the mainline from Cortland to
Homer
> was double tracked.
> Orcutt (chewtobacco) was a good engineer but loved his plug of
> tobacco. I was looking over the engine before leaving one day & found a
note
> from the shop guys,"HEY NORM, WATCH THE TOBACCO JUICE". Several times, I'd
> find my hand sticking to the automatic brake or the throttle.
> Regards,
> Walt Smith
>
>
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