The 759: Way back then, 1965 or so I had a 33.3rpm record of the 759. It made for hours of good listening and dreaming of the days of steam. Fast forward to 1972 and I had the chance...

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The 759

Dec 20, 2018 16:17:31 #

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

Way back then, 1965 or so I had a 33.3rpm record of the 759. It made for hours of good listening and dreaming of the days of steam. Fast forward to 1972 and I had the chance to visit Steam Town in Bellows Falls, VT.
There she sat, no longer working but still just as splendid.

Of course the 4012 was really impressive back then also.

Time and elements have taken a tool of my slide collection, and I am beginning to think the poor quality of the device I used to scan them did not help but made things worse.
taken with a Petrie FT

Ken

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Dec 20, 2018 17:11:58 #

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Enjoyed viewing these!
Do you have any side views?
Pat

Dec 20, 2018 23:16:12 #

Chaostrain Loc: Hillsboro, Oregon

Oh sure, get me side tracked. I went looking for a sound recording of the 759 and ended up reading about the difference between a saturated and super heated loco. I didn't find the recording but I didn't look all that long either. Thank you for sharing!

Dec 21, 2018 00:34:16 #

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Plieku69 wrote:

Way back then, 1965 or so I had a 33.3rpm record o... (show quote)

That first image has a lot of contrast and the blacks are crushed. But the 2nd image is great, a little noisy but good tonal quality and a nice composition. It speaks the power of steam to me.

Dec 21, 2018 12:37:29 #