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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.
It's no more "overdone" than some from Mal Ferrell I restored ... only I suspect it would be easier to "restore" yours. -- Russ
Looks pretty authentic!
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.
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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.
Now that I'm old, even brand new things look like that to me .... -- Russ
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."