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Dark Scan at Grizzley

I was reviewing some of my early slide scans and found this intriguing but troublesome image.

On a July evening in 1994, I’d exposed this Kodachrome 25 slide of an eastward Burlington Northern freight east of Marias Pass at Grizzley, Montana.

I’m looking back toward Glacier National Park using my old Nikkor f4.0 200mm lens.

This image looks impressive on a slide screen in a darkened room, but requires attention with digital post processing.

Below is the original scan, made using my old Epson V500 Flatbed Scanner followed by the same scan with color, contrast and exposure adjustment using Adobe Lightroom.

I need to locate the original slide, one of thousands in my Burlington Northern file, and rescan it using my Nikon LS5000 with VueScan software. This may allow for an improved image that retains a greater amount of detail and improved sharpness.

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Original scan without adjustment. I was trying to capture the shafts of light over Glacier National Park.
Adjusted original scan.

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Classic Chrome—Marias Pass, 30 Years Ago Today

On the morning of July 7, 1994, my pal TSH and I chased trains up and down the west slope of Montana’s Marias Pass.

When I look at this Kodachrome slide today, what catches my attention is the collection of graffiti-free freight cars, including a car wearing Great Northern sky blue paint.

I made this image just a few days after the annoucement of the Santa Fe – Burlington Northern merger. At the time, I was on my way from California to Wisconsin to take a job as the Associate Editor of Pacific RailNews magazine.

This slide was in a selection of ‘seconds’ that I recently retrieved from my parent’s attic.

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