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3: An overall view of the crazy set-up. By this time, the tempera-
ture had dropped to the low 30s, and it was chilly. The scene
measured 26 feet long, which would allow a run of two locomo-
tives and eight long cars, which is an eternity on video. I was
getting excited and having fun watching the set-up progress!
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photos which usually look washed out in overcast skies, seems
to look OK on cloudy days.
In the remaining light, we shot Mike's models for a few hours.
Joe's Frisco 1522 excursion locomotive makes impressive night
time run-bys, with its sound, lights, and glowing fire box. Then
it was the lighted California Zephyr consist, in nighttime run-
bys stretching into the morning with a stunning sunrise run-by.
The video was shot in March. The sunrise shots were taken in
May. All of the still photos of the racks were shot in the sun in
4: BTTX 911422 displays a very faded as-delivered Wabash
blue. The scratchbuilt rack is on a Walthers F89 flatcar and
carries a load of Chevrolet station wagons built in the St.
Louis assembly plant.
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February, and our opening talk section was taped in June. So it
took about four months to produce this video. I did lots of edit-
ing to try to get things in order just right.
So with that in mind, watch this month's video as we share
fun times hanging out with the boys in my model photo studio
on the bluff. This is some of the best model run-by footage to
date. The photos and captions this month describe the models
featured in the video. Hope you enjoy the presentation.
Pictures continued on the next page...
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