Jack Burgess wrote: Jack is exactly right about this. We see it all the time in photos submitted for books. Many people have stored their "favorite" slides in Kodak trays, and the dust seems to

Phillips, III, J.A. wrote: No one could argue with a five-year replacement rule (though some Imations I had went south in less time than that), but they are cheap and easy to dupe. Keep in mind,

Brian Ehni wrote: Ah, I love these tired old chestnuts. Brian, speak to any archivist: Ektachrome which is properly stored is fine. It does react more strongly to misuse, but is NOT inherently

Brian, engage brain before typing. I wrote that degraded film is the only film that needs to be scanned for the purpose of preserving (i.e. archiving) the information. I have thousands of slides, and

Andy Miller wrote: "But its track plan is different (although it could be earlier or later than the plan we first saw), and the building is shown a circular not elliptical." No dice, Andy. You

Really? When was the last time you looked at an Ektachrome that still retained all of its colors and hadn't shifted to red? How about old celluloid movie film that cracks or turns sour? Brian Ehni

Tim wrote: I have about 2500 photos of the YV and am in the process of scanning all of them. But my reasons may be different from others. First, I want to be able to share the photos with other YV

Those freight houses we've been discussing were about 3 miles south of Yankee stadium. If I'm not mistaken there was a scene in the Sopranos where Pussy spoke to his FBI handlers with a bridge and

In a message dated 8/9/2007 1:50:47 PM Central Daylight Time, STMFC@... writes: Basically, I am not a fan of "archival scans". Film has a well established archival value -- preserve &

Jack Burgess wrote I agree that it will be possible if you do it in time, but it's a major hassle for most people (especially with several hundred DVD's lying around for a large photo

Tim wrote: We hear this concern about every storage media which becomes available. Remember 5-1/4" floppies? Everything we had was stored on these floppies including the programs themselves. Then

You might want to store the files on CD AND on hard drive(s). The cost of large HDs continues to drop, as does all storage media. If you are concerned about media degrading or becoming obsolete,

But its track plan is different (although it could be earlier or later than the plan we first saw), and the building is shown a circular not elliptical. regards, Andy Miller

No, the one in the middle of the page is the CNJ terminal we are discussing. The one to the left is the DL&W terminal that was featured in MR. That makes two. There may be one somewhere else, but this

Tim wrote: True....Killer Red is Bron's version of 3M's VHBT tape at about 20% the cost (I seem to recall seeing 3M's tape available on line from distributors at about $80 for the same quantity.)

I offered this version of my CGR resin kit back in the eighties. There are photos on the RPI site of the car caught in the ice, partially submerged. It eventually sank to the bottom of the lake. As I

A friend just sent me this plan for two others in the Bronx. That makes at least three! http://www.bronx-terminal.com/wp-content/uploads/map.jpg regards, Andy Miller

IIRC, the bridge the boxcar went off of was the pontoon bridge between the end of the Addison Branch at Larrabee's Point, Vt., and the D&H connection on the New York side of the lake. The incident

BEK- And how long do you figure the CDs you're burning these monsters onto last? R.W. Leach has been kind enough to scan and burn a couple (!) of my prints onto CDs (he makes 'em larger n' you do)