[Racer X 69]

Well this one covers two of the four choices we have for this thread.



Portland, Oregon, 1986.

Shot on Kodachrome, with a Ricoh XR2S, with a Pentax M40-80mm zoom lens.

Copied with a Pentax K5IIs, and A50mm f1.7 lens with a Pentax Auto Bellows M and Slide Copier For Auto Bellows M.

About the plane in the photo:

"Shortly after WWII a guy named Art Lacey went to Kansas to buy a surplus B-17. His idea was to fly it back to Oregon, jack it up in the air and make a gas station out of it. He paid $15,000 for it. He asked which one was his and they said take whichever you want because there were miles of them. He didn't know how to fly a four-engine airplane, so he read the manual while he taxied around by himself. They said he couldn't take off alone so he put a mannequin in the co-pilot's seat and off he went.

"He flew around a bit to get the feel of it and when he went to land he realized he needed a co-pilot to lower the landing gear. He crashed and totaled his plane and another on the ground. They wrote them both off as "wind damaged" and told him to pick out another. He talked a friend into being his co-pilot and off they went.

"They flew to Palm Springs where Lacey wrote a hot check for gas, then they headed for Oregon. They hit a snow storm and couldn't find their way, so they went down below 1,000 feet and followed the railroad tracks. His partner sat in the nose section and would yell, 'TUNNEL!' when he saw one and Lacey would climb over the mountain.

"They landed safely, he made good the hot check he wrote, and they started getting permits to move a B-17 on the state highway. The highway department repeatedly denied his permit and fought him tooth and nail fora long time, so late one Saturday night he just moved it himself. He got a $10 ticket from the police for having too wide a load."

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The airplane and gas station are gone, but the restaurant is still there.

Milwaukie Family Restaurant | The Bomber Restaurant - Family Owned

And some more history here: History | The Bomber Restaurant

[Archimedes the Dog]

The airplane and gas station are gone

It's a shame they are gone, thanks for sharing the photo and the story!

[Racer X 69]

Model airplanes, including a flying lawnmower.



At NAS Whidbey, 1981.

Shot on Kodachrome, with a Ricoh XR2S, with a Pentax M40-80mm zoom lens.

Copied with a Pentax K5IIs, and A50mm f1.7 lens with a Pentax Auto Bellows M and Slide Copier For Auto Bellows M.

[steamloco76]

On an overcast late October afternoon, former Goderich & Exeter Railroad EMD SD40-2 locomotive leads a Buffalo & Pittsburgh RR trainload of empty limestone hoppers north from Homer City toward Punxsutawney. Much of the railroad runs through tunnels of hardwood forest. The photos are from two locations about two miles apart. Shot with my K5iis and DA 18-135WR, ISO 1100 1/250 @ f8-11.

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[Archimedes the Dog]

On an overcast late October afternoon, former Goderich & Exeter Railroad EMD SD40-2 locomotive leads a Buffalo & Pittsburgh RR trainload of empty limestone hoppers north from Homer City toward Punxsutawney. Much of the railroad runs through tunnels of hardwood forest. The photos are from two locations about two miles apart. Shot with my K5iis and DA 18-135WR, ISO 1100 1/250 @ f8-11.

Nice shots, did you hop in the car and speed ahead to get the shots two miles apart?

[steamloco76]

Nice shots, did you hop in the car and speed ahead to get the shots two miles apart?

Yes. Track speed is 25mph and it was Sunday afternoon so traffic wasn’t much of an issue. I got to the second location (Top photo) with about thirty seconds to spare. I’ve wanted to catch a train in the trees all month, however most of the trains have been running in the dark since September.

[Deesquared]

On an overcast late October afternoon, former Goderich & Exeter Railroad EMD SD40-2 locomotive leads a Buffalo & Pittsburgh RR trainload of empty limestone hoppers north from Homer City toward Punxsutawney. Much of the railroad runs through tunnels of hardwood forest. The photos are from two locations about two miles apart. Shot with my K5iis and DA 18-135WR, ISO 1100 1/250 @ f8-11.

Beautiful! Perfect timing and great work on your part! These are frame-worthy!

[pbancr]

On an overcast late October afternoon, former Goderich & Exeter Railroad EMD SD40-2 locomotive leads a Buffalo & Pittsburgh RR trainload of empty limestone hoppers north from Homer City toward Punxsutawney. Much of the railroad runs through tunnels of hardwood forest. The photos are from two locations about two miles apart. Shot with my K5iis and DA 18-135WR, ISO 1100 1/250 @ f8-11.

The bottom image is particularly special! Well done.

[lukulele]

Blue Ridge Electric Membership right of way branch trimming. Ten live rotating saw blades on a rotational and vertical cable
used by the helicopter which is also used for pulling new high voltage cable through the mountains with limited access.

[Canada_Rockies]

Ford Crown Victoria, pretty in Pink

Very pretty old girl.

[wtlwdwgn]

Model airplanes, including a flying lawnmower.

We called a lawn mower a 4 wheel, land, hovercraft!

[Canada_Rockies]

Blue Ridge Electric Membership right of way branch trimming. Ten live rotating saw blades on a rotational and vertical cable
used by the helicopter which is also used for pulling new high voltage cable through the mountains with limited access.

Wow! I hope those wires weren't live. That drop cable is pretty close.

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We called a lawn mower a 4 wheel, land, hovercraft!

I call them a pain, myself.

[lukulele]

Wow! I hope those wires weren't live. That drop cable is pretty close.

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I call them a pain, myself.

They're live and a crew is below retrieving branches, grinding into mulch, and removing. This is a very rural and mountainous(small) area.

[jquill]

Wild Willy's Airboats

[Racer X 69]

We called a lawn mower a 4 wheel, land, hovercraft!

My lawnmower has 8 wheels.