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I’m getting my affairs in order. No, I’m not dying, I’m eliminating
magazines that didn’t go with the sale of the business, ones with my photos or
articles. I’m digitizing them, along with all my model railroad slides and
prints. I am unable to find my first appearance in a magazine, a photo in
MR from about late 1964-early 1965. It’s in the Trackside Photos section
and shows a camelback on a model of the Quebec Cantilever, a model I built as a
teenager. (I’m pretty sure there’s a freight car behind the loco.) Would
some kind person send me a scan of the page? I’d be eternally grateful. –
Al Westerfield
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Pierre Oliver
You built a model of the Quebec bridge!? That I would love to see. Was it compressed or scale length?
On May 28, 2014, at 6:52 PM, "'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Pierre – Of course it was compressed but it WAS 10 feet long. – Al
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You built a model of the Quebec bridge!?
That I would love to see.
Was it compressed or scale length?
On May 28, 2014, at 6:52 PM, "'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Thomas Olsen <tmolsen@...>
Hi Al,
I will look and see if I have the issue and if I do I will copy it and mail it to you as I do not have a scanner. It will be interesting to see the bridge and the freight cars on it! Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@udel.edu On 5/28/14, 'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@frontier.com [STMFC] <STMFC@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Pierre – Of course it was compressed but it WAS 10 feet long. – Al
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Pierre Oliver
That's about 25% of the prototype. Which remains impressive Pierre Oliver
On May 28, 2014, at 8:06 PM, "'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Don Burn
My digital version of MR shows it as Page 52 of August 1967. I suspect you can find a clearer scan than what is was done by Kalmbach. It is a camelback leading freight cars over the bridge.
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From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 8:15 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [STMFC] old photo Hi Al, I will look and see if I have the issue and if I do I will copy it and mail it to you as I do not have a scanner. It will be interesting to see the bridge and the freight cars on it! Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@udel.edu On 5/28/14, 'Al and Patricia Westerfield' westerfieldalfred@frontier.com [STMFC] <STMFC@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Pierre – Of course it was compressed but it WAS 10 feet long. – Al ------------------------------------ Posted by: Thomas Olsen <tmolsen@udel.edu> ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links
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Al,
I found a June 1965 Model Railroader article for a tie cutting jig. For some reason I wasn't able to find the camelback on a model of the Quebec Cantilever bridge article in my digital MR archives. I wish the MR digital archives was scanned clearer and to scale. Nate
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for the bridge photo.
I now have several excellent scans. Turned out it was my first submission
but my second publication. The photo was an out take from an article on
how the removable center span was powered. My first layout was in an
apartment. It was C-shaped to allow unimpeded access to the front door and
kitchen. The bridge gap led to the bedroom and bath.
I brought the bridge to my very first NMRA division meet where it won first
in the model contest. Paul Mallery was there giving his bridge
clinic. He praised my effort and I was hooked. From such things a
career was launched. (And yes, there were freight cars on the bridge.) –
Al Westerfield
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Subject: RE: [STMFC] old photo Al,
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