Farmville Station

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Frank,

What I usually did when it came to station stops, was set the speed of 
the camera way down ( < 10FPS ) after the train arrived at the station, 
so that passengers and baggage appear to move in fast motion.  This was 
done to reduce the time for that scene, otherwise it would have been too 
long.  Also, Kodak 16mm film at the base PX was about $5 and processing 
about $5; lots of $$ in the 1950's, especially on Navy pay.  I will 
look, next time I show the film, for any RPO action.  There may also be 
something among my slides.  I will keep your question in mind.

Ron

On Wednesday, August 3, 2005, at 09:20  PM, nw-mailing-list-
request at nwhs.org wrote:


> With my Bolex in the late 50's, I shot 16mm  of

> several J's stopping at the Farmville Station both

> east and westbound. I have the loading of baggage and

> passengers.  One of these years I will get around to

> transferring the whole N&W film, which is over an hour

> long, to DVD.

>

> Right now I'm at work on the 14 foot model of the

> Lambert's Point Turn Table - lots and lots of rivets.

>

> Ron Peisker

>

>

> August 3, 2005

>

> Hello, Ron:

>

> When you say "loading baggage," did you also capture

> scenes of loading or loading mail at the Railway Post

> Office or storage mail car?

>

> Hopefully,

>

> Frank

>