That Lo-Nose Craze

SP Lo-Nose GP-9 3886  Dolores, California

SP Lo-Nose GP-9 3886  Dolores, California

Cotton Belt GP20 4134  Cawelo, California

Cotton Belt GP-9 in Agfachrome 64

SSW GP-9 3652 - Colton, California 1970.
Native Agfachrome 64 as scanned.

SSW GP-9 3652 - Colton, California 1970.
Agfachrome 64, sharpened and shadows darkened with Picasa 3.9

SSW GP-9 3652 - Colton, California 1970.
Agfachrome 64, warmed with Picasa 3.9

SSW GP-9 3652 at Colton, California in 1970. Photographed with Agfa ASA64 film, about $6 including a mailer envelope. Such a deal for the teenage railfan! I have not found that over the years that my Agfa slides have faded appreciably. They pretty much look as they did back from the lab. I have also not seen my Ektachrome fade very much either. I never shot anything but Ektachrome 64, and I think it makes a big difference if you don't overexpose the film. The top photo is as scanned. The middle photo has been sharpened slightly, and the shadows darkened. The bottom photo represents an attempt to rid Agfa of its biggest failing, and that is to kill the over magenta tint and try to make it look more like Kodachrome. I warmed it using Picasa 3.9, using two different effects.

"Eugene" GP-9s

SP X3640 E. The Northsider at Corvallis Jct., Oregon 1972

SP X3537 E. Train 706 readies to depart Eugene Yard, 1972

Technically assigned to Roseville, there was a group of GP-9s which were, for all intents and purposes, Eugene power. 3640, 3624, and 3537 pictured above were seen by this author every summer on the Oregon Div. from 1968 to 1973. These GPs were used interchangeably on the local freights with SD9s, and were also used to bracket F-units on the Toldeo train starting in 1970 to facilitate switching at Toledo. 

From my notebook July 25,  1972

It was unusual for the Northsider to have so many GP-9s in one consist, and I never saw a pure set of Geeps on the train. Note that the "Eugene" GP-9s tended to be in the high 3500s and low 3600s. This train is pictured below.

SP X3615 E. The First Northisder at Ashahr, Oregon - July 20, 1972

SP GP-9 3572 - Albany, Oregon 1970

SP GP-9 3602, Eugene, Oregon 1972

10 years later and more than a thousand miles away from Corvallis Jct., 3640 is now
an LA unit, seen at Pomona, CA. 1982

Framed - SP Passenger GP9 at San Jose