Photo taken at Carbondale Station after riding the train rom Scranton:
'Might need a few more clues, like approximate date?
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
A Wedenesday, the late-afternoon-early-evening, probably 1st week of August, 1950.
There was an "incident" in the Carbondale Yard, that brought many to be spectators for the cleanup, and I'm certain it was reported in the next-day's papers, but I do not wish to post photos of it. I probably should not have taken them.
daveklepper A Wedenesday, the late-afternoon-early-evening, probably 1st week of August, 1950. There was an "incident" in the Carbondale Yard, that brought many to be spectators for the cleanup, and I'm certain it was reported in the next-day's papers, but I do not wish to post photos of it. I probably should not have taken them.
Unless your images include victims, I doubt there would be issues after all these years.
Given the apparent age of the conductor, I would doubt that he lived very far into the 1960's, which limits the number of people who might recognize him. You never know, though, so it never hurts to ask.
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The train in the D&H Scranton Station. The D&H did not use the DL&W Station.
Overmod, regarding photos of the "incident:" Repairing damaged photos of pleasant events is a time-consuming and intricate but pleasant task. Doing this for damaged rail equipment photos would not be so pleasant. Some of the other stuff I post on a Kalmbach website I do only from a sense of responsibility and not pleasure. (And when the opportunity is removed, a since of relief ensues, and not dissapointment, and perhaps you feel the same way.) So, I ask the question, do I have a responsibility to repair and post those photos?
Just my opinion David, but if you're not comfortable restoring those pictures of the "incident" and posting them then certainly you don't have to.
It won't kill any of us not to see them.
daveklepperOvermod, regarding photos of the "incident:" Repairing damaged photos of pleasant events is a time-consuming and intricate but pleasant task. Doing this for damaged rail equipment photos would not be so pleasant.
While I might be tempted to look at the pictures if you chose to post them, I'm among the last ones here to advise or even approve your doing so. You should put the blame elsewhere.
Dave, I don't really understand the dilemma. There's the photo of the conductor, and the viewer now knows it was taken in Carbondale, on a Wed in early August 1950, on the same day there was a notable incident in the yard there.
I don't see how posting photos of the incident would any way help further in identifying the conductor.
As for posting RR photos out of a sense of responsibility, I'm unclear what that's about also.
Having said all that, I think the photo of the conductor and the girl is excellent.
Both of you confirmed my decision not to spend the time and effort to repair the time-damaged "incident" photos and post them, and I am deeply appreciative of your support in that decision. The photo of the train the carried me from Scranton to Carbondale at the Carbondaale Station was repaired. In both Carbondale and Scranton, the D&H seemed to use Consolidations for everything, switching, freight, passenger, with the big articulateds possibly coming throiugh at night when I did not see them. I think the passsenger conductor may have sensed my shock and grief and what I saw in Carbondale on arrival, and asked me to take the photo of him and his daughter to cheer me up a little. I was 18 at the time.
The bigger question - What was the incident?
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Perhaps you could write a "my experience on the railroad" story for Trains in which you indirectly (ie, "I never got the conductor's name") seek the ID. The picture would, of course, be part of the article...
If the magazine wants to use the images of the incident, they can fix them.
Have to give it some thpught. In examining the pictures, and belive me, they do require a whalo of aomout of work, it is clear there was more than one "incident." Anm engineer saw the first, got distracted, and caused a seocnd, all just before the arrival of the passenger train from Scranton.
One loxo escaped with little damage, only its tender pushed of the rails. Maybe I shoule use my skills to rerail it?
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