No. 493 at Silverton; C&O 490

[Ed Morris]

No, this is not really a vintage photo.  I took the photo of 493 in June, 2015, in Silverton.  I was experimenting with Photoshop and Nik Efex Pro creating vintage looking images.  I overdid this one, but was learning the techniques.

[finescalerr]

It's no more "overdone" than some from Mal Ferrell I restored ... only I suspect it would be easier to "restore" yours. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Looks pretty authentic!

[Ed Morris]

Here's a different take on the "photo aging" process.  I took this image back in 1978 at the B&O Museum in Baltimore on slide film, most likely Kodak Ektachrome.  I aged this photo to look like an old, fading, color print.



This steam locomotive was originally a Pacific 4-6-2, but was rebuilt by C&O as a 4-6-4.  I haven't found any information on who may have designed the streamlined shell.

[finescalerr]

Now that I'm old, even brand new things look like that to me .... -- Russ

[Ed Morris]

I'm constantly surprised to discover that something I think I did recently happened ten years ago, or something I think of as new is actually thirty years old.  Then I see the same thing listed on eBay by some millennial as an "antique."