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NEW BOOK! Amtrak’s History Through its Equipment

Last week, I received my author’s copies of my latest book “Amtrak’s History Through its Equipment,” published by Firecrown Media Inc.

In this illustrated history, I discuss the details of Amtrak’s locomotives and rolling stock. I leafed through my copy last night. It’s refreshing to hold a copy of this work in my hands!

See: https://lnkd.in/eJicb_65

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Union Pacific on the Oregon Trunk

Yesterday, I received back our Nikon Super Cool Scan 5000 slide scanner from CTS Services which had performed necessary servicing.

Among the first slides I scanned after taking the scanner out of the box was this June 30, 1994 view of Union Pacific’s Bend Turn on the Oregon Trunk near Gateway, Oregon.

I’d been following the freight on its northward run and this slide was among the final images of made of the train that day, exposed on Kodachrome 25 slide film using my Nikon F3T with 35mm PC (perspective control) lens.

I’ve been scouring my Union Pacific photos for consideration as illustrations for a book that I’m writing on Union Pacific and its Predecessors (CNW, DRGW, MP, SP, WP etc) for Kalmbach.

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