Steamtown (afaik) is still a Federal Park, and as you can imagine, a
HUGE money pit. I love it, but it's got to cost a fortune to keep open
and maintain.
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Akavar Dylutra wrote:
> Matthew -
>
> Those are great shots for being handheld. It inspires me to return
> and really document that Big Boy. If they could only find the money
> to restore and run it...
>
> Akavar
>
>
> ----- Original Message ---- From: Matthew Born
> <mborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday,
> January 19, 2006 09:32:56 Subject: [OM] Re: Steamtown
>
>
> Nice shots, Akavar. I really enjoyed looking at them and living
> vicariously! Funny thing is I looked at the first one and thought
> "that's Bellows Falls, Vermont." Turns out it's Steamtown, in
> Scranton PA -- but the oddity is that Steamtown was originally in
> Bellows Falls. A couple of years ago I took a bunch of shots with my
> OM1 and a 50 1.8 (acquired from Moose!) at Steamtown -- mostly
> closeups of the famed "Big Boy." I would love to do it again with a
> tripod someday -- these were all handheld with Delta 100 loaded,
> which pushed my ability to hold still, I think.
> http://bornphotos.com/ST-BB6.htm
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