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Drama on Bailey Hill!

In May 1990, I was following Southern Pacific Railroad’s MERV-M (Medford, Oregon–Roseville, California manifest) along its sinuous path over the Siskiyou Line.

I made this trailing view near Hilt, California featuring both the head end (right) and mid-train helpers (left) as they roared past in Run 8 on the ascent of Bailey Hill—one of several exceptionally steep grades on this rugged route.

This was one of several intensive trips I made to photograph SP’s Siskiyou Line in the early 1990s, before the route was sold to RailTex short line Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad.

Exposed on Kodachrome 25 slide film using a Nikon F3 SLR fitted with a Nikkor f1.8 105mm lens.

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Dark Chrome at Talent

July 3, 1992, I was poised on a hillside in Talent, Oregon to photograph Southern Pacific’s eastward RVME-M (Roseville to Medford manifest) on the sinuous Siskiyou Line

My Nikon F3T was loaded with Kodachrome and fitted with a 35PC lens.

An unfortunate cloud drifted in front of the sun moments before the freight descended into view.

Last night I opted to import a scan of this dark chrome into Adobe Lightroom where I imposed a series of small adjustments.

Below are two images: a scaled version of the othersie unadjusted scan, and my re-interpreted photo.

I can’t change the clouds, but I can lighten the image and adjust the color temperature and contrast to make for a nominally more pleasing photo.

Unaltered scan of SP’s RVME-M at Talent, Oregon.

My re-interpreted image.

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