It's possible the NSA system hiccupped affecting every computer in North America, if not the World. :uhoh:
After purchasing an Epson scanner and fighting with the software which my MAC doesn't like, I got frustrated and hung a couple of the photos on a window and copied them with my Nikon D-50. Did a little processing on Photoshop, straighten, crop, etc. Here is the first one: J-1D Hudson 5367, originally one of the 8000 series
Jim, your techniques with 5367 came out very well. Sad that it was so labor intensive. A possible solution for the MAC/Epson incompatibility, suggest you go to the Epson Support site for the model scanner you have. There may be a MAC-compatible download for your computer that was not included on the CD. The support site first needs the scanner model, then which Mac OS you're running, so it can link you to the proper driver(s) to download. For instance I selected the Epson DS model, then was required to select MAC OS X 10.5.x, 10.6x, 10.7x, or 10.8.x.
Hank, I have another thing to try first. Here are a couple of others done the same way as the first one, copied by D-50. These could be classified as "Who knew?" the New York Central had such monsters. 2-6-6-2 1944, class NE-2g, Alco 1921 0-8-8-0 5890, class NU-1, Brooks and Alco. These were switchers.
Jim, those "switchers" are reminiscent of the humongous 0-10-10-0 (IIRC) engines that RF&P used on their Arlington, VA Potomac Yard humps until the late '40s. Regardless, they're impressive. I also didn't know, or had forgotten the Central had any articulated engines. You don't think of these for the "Water Level Route".
My "other solution" from my local MAC guru did not work, so I returned the Epson scanner today. Bugged me so I copied a few more with the Nikon D50. Here is Mohawk 2973 in her Rexall Train outfit. And as she looked in regular service And Mohawk 2530 (P&E?) with the Elesco Feedwater heater Edit: Most accounts of the Rexall train say that the Mohawk was 2873, not 2973. I'm not sure which one it was, now.
WOW, 2530 offers one of those rare moments when you can see a bright shiny freshly painted operational road locomotive. She must have been just released from her 1500 hour overhaul. BTW, the B&A liked Elesco Feedwater heaters, though I don't know how many Mohawks they had, mostly Berkshires, IIRC.
B&B (NYC) N-Class Articulated Locomotives Jim, looky what I just stumbled across. Be sure to click on 1933's photo at the bottom of the page. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/2-6-6-2/?page=nyc OOOPS, the title should say "B&A"...sorry, my bad.
Please tell me the story behind that Rexall Train. At this time, I am not recalling ever hearing of that event.
Hank, thanks for putting up the Rexall history. And that's a very interesting table, but it doesn't explain the numbers of both 1933 (with the Big Hook growing out of its pilot) and 1944. The NYC bibles said that the 1944 was renumbered from 1344. 1344 doesn't appear on that table. I need to do some more searching. I had no idea they were used on the B&A. Of course, I had to copy one of the Niagaras. Here is 6007.
For those of you that haven't heard, a large portion of the H. K. Vollrath collection has been acquired by the J. W. Barriger III Railroad Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
How accessible is this, for anyone far away? Is there portion of a web site, where we could (once they are catalogued) search for these items?
That's interesting. Kevin Eudaly of White River Productions had won the rest of the collection in the auction. If his portion was reduced as much as mine was, perhaps HKV's grandson donated the major portion to the library?
Jim, we can only hold our collective breaths and hope for the best. In the meantime, we sincerely thank you for taking the risk and successfully bidding on whatever portion you have received, then deciding to share with us, the dregs of NYC addicted society.
Well, I will just continue to post them here. No NYCS thread should go without a Dreyfus Hudson. Here is 5445.
