Fred Kingston_RIP
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Here's the image above that was cleaned up a bit and scaled up large enough to print large...as an example...
Post your Train shots!
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I have probably since re-scanned those old images, but I'd first need to find them on this thread. Maybe someday I'll try to work that through.
So then you were able to take what I uploaded and use AI software to improve it? If so, what did you use? I have only Corel Paint Shop Pro.
Fred Kingston_RIP
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I used Topaz's Photo AI... It's been in development for over a year, and it's just now starting to produce reasonable results...
Bikerbrent
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That's really cool and I like the use of black and white there. I'd not heard of this railroad before, so looked it up. 56 miles and an interesting route map of various heritages.
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Overcast day at the B&O's summit of the Allegheny Mountains, Sand Patch, PA, 11/28/1981. It was Thanksgiving weekend and I couldn't make the long trip home, so joined some friends for an overnight jaunt to Cumberland, MD and environs. The Holiday Inn there was well known for its grand trackside view of the B&O mainline, so was THE place to stay. 
Fred Kingston_RIP
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I think the coolest thing about your train images, @Sandpatch is the little back story for each of your train posts...Overcast day at the B&O's summit of the Allegheny Mountains, Sand Patch, PA, 11/28/1981. It was Thanksgiving weekend and I couldn't make the long trip home, so joined some friends for an overnight jaunt to Cumberland, MD and environs. The Holiday Inn there was well known for its grand trackside view of the B&O mainline, so was THE place to stay.
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Thank you and @crashton as well. Setting the time, place and details of a rail photograph is important to me, otherwise it's just a picture without any sort of footing. I sometimes see rail photos out there on the web that capture interesting things, but lack any sort of supporting detail. I'm left to wonder just where were these taken and when? As an amateur rail historian, it makes me crazy.
From 08/09/1992, CSX Train 464 works north on the former Seaboard mainline at Cassatt, SC with three rebuilt GP-16 locomotives running "elephant style", all in different paint. I was happy to get this shot, as the summer haze served to obscure the sun which would normally have been smack dab in my lens. Note too the pole line, once a standard feature found on lines everywhere, since replaced by satellite and radio communications. [Nikon 2020, Kodachrome 64]
Caught NS 242 led by Union Pacific locomotives at Branchville SC yesterday. This was one of those shots where you hear a horn and have 30 seconds to check where the sun is, run to a location that's safe with some sort of composition and trip the shutter button. It's backlit, but it was the best I could do in the afternoon sun.
This segment of line is one of the earliest and oldest in the U.S., dating from 1828 when it was completed by the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Co.. The depot still remains at left.
This segment of line is one of the earliest and oldest in the U.S., dating from 1828 when it was completed by the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Co.. The depot still remains at left.
Bikerbrent
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Boy, is the care of the locomotive and railroad tracks in poor maintenance. Unfortunately this appears the normal current situation compared to many years ago.
Great shot of that high HP big guy leaning into that curve. Very nice catch Sandpatch.