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Sacramento Division
Southern Pacific
With high-hood GP35 No. 216 in the lead, Conway Scenic’s Notch Train returns to North Conway, N.H., in late afternoon, while No. 252 watches from the shadows. Colors are tribute to Maine Central’s “Harvest Gold” paint scheme. OTTO M. VONDRAK PHOTO
The time from the late-1950s
until the mid-1990s were years of transition and decline of the SP’s influence in the west;
however, the photographs and extended captions presented
here emphasize the railroad in its former, healthy condition. With 223 photographs by
45 photographers, Southern Pacific: Sacramento Division presents a thorough look at
SP’s mainline and branchline operations from Dunsmuir to
Fresno, and from Sacramento to Ogden. The presentation illustrates the dramatic geographic and geologic
conditions through which the Southern Pacific’s various Sacramento Division lines were built, from pastoral
farming land, to deserts, to rugged mountains.
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New Jersey and Massachusetts had the same idea, and we all chased together. Most importantly, we found time mid-chase to purchase delicious cow cookies from Crows Bakery & Opera House Cafe in Proctor, Vt. Sunday we covered the Conway Scenic Railroad up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Our goal was to photograph the “Notch Train,” which travels from North Conway up to Crawford Notch and Fabyan over former Maine Central Mountain Division tracks. We enjoyed another beautiful clear day in the mountains, joined by railfans from Massachusetts. The highlight was a short hike up to Frankenstein Trestle. We returned to New York State on Monday
only to have our plans to chase the Batten Kill Railroad scrapped because they weren’t running. Instead we headed up to Rutland and photographed the road train to Bellows Falls crossing the famous Cuttingsville Trestle. We backtracked to Wallingford where we caught the Bennington road train with one of the recently acquired ex-Florida East Coast SD70s on the point. We got as far as Danby
before heavy rains curtailed our plans for the day. We had a great weekend, though! For now, the vintage A2 remains a reliable
camera. I’ve made no decision on what to do with the Elan bodies, since a repair is most likely to cost more than what the camera is worth. However, I was delightfully surprised to discover my phone’s 13 megapixel camera delivers very usable material under certain conditions. I’m not about to make the phone my primary camera by any means, but it’s nice to know it can take a decent picture for sharing. And... It’s possible the two photos in this story may have come from the phone. Don’t judge me. It should come as no surprise to anyone
that shooting slides is becoming increasingly expensive. Do I continue to order my film and mailers from B&H Photo or possibly put that money towards a digital body? Do I abandon film completely? Do I trade my stacks of Logan boxes for terabytes of external hard drives? Should I update to the latest MacOS? Did I mention I am a bit of a dinosaur? —OTTO M. VONDRAK
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