You'll also be able to get the cherished camera locations outside the curve, difficult to reach since the National Park Service arrived in the latter 1980s. Here's our signal bridge once again as featured in a stereoptican slide. You can again see the Kittanning Run branch leaving the main in the lower right. Very cool stuff!
If you look closely, you can see "Burlington" and "Burlington Route" on the flanks of this rustbucket.
I used an old trick called, IIRC, "free fusing" to merge them together without the viewer (some astronomy magazines publish photos that way) Just sit back from the screen a bit (but don't make the images larger) and try to let your eyes focus freely (cross-eyed a tad) and let the two images fuse together and you get a moderate 3D effect. If you find it difficult, back away a little more from the screen. And a nice scene in 3D at that.
I still have my ancestors' stereoscope in perfect condition. I reckon I could print that image and look at it in the scope. Doug
I used that technique, too, but had to use ctl-minus sign to reduce size a bit on my laptop. Once I got it "fused", was able to use ctl-+ one time to keep it fused, but larger!
Whenever I come across these stereoscope images I print them at seven inches wide, laminate them to card stock and view them on an old stereoscope that lives on the book shelf at the Armadillo Ranch.
Curious how, it the foreground, it appears that the ties barely extend beyond the outside of the rail.
SD60’s sandwich a GP38-2 on the L567 Monday evening north of Robins, IA Most people get drunk, others want sex but as for me, I go Railfanning.
Those are from the lot of Oakway SD60s CN bought a couple of years ago. They numbered them in the slot formerly occupied by SD50Fs. And they look dang handsome in those colors.
I'll be looking for Dave Blaze to post some photos of them in action--he loves these end cab switchers, especially running cab-forward.
From 04/16/2021 at Jarrett, GA on the GA/SC state line, an NS southbound crosses the scenic Tugaloo River.
That recent-looking GE needs a pass (or two or three... ) through the dirt rearranger (loco wash)... Then there's the (comparatively) squeaky-clean and ancient GP20 right behind it... Nice photo!