tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69632048032854561432023-11-16T05:48:43.894-05:00The Photography of Justin FranzPhotography from the Coast of Maine to the Mountains of MontanaJustin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-46370469821367477682011-06-24T01:39:00.005-04:002011-06-24T01:57:48.132-04:00A Summer in GN Country - June 23, 2011<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Photo by Justin Franz</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFOLadWGWJ9161Jb8xmwqkLHTsOmtPlW-H_BZLJ26VEj-ggrua8k_zrd2i0Kxsd-zglhsNK80Cx1cvZMd1UNzZHGZqH3qLxJ6MnxfAksqXrBxhqNZ61cNTiogdaYpV2DcQRHQpTcwK8i5/s1600/_MG_7670.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFOLadWGWJ9161Jb8xmwqkLHTsOmtPlW-H_BZLJ26VEj-ggrua8k_zrd2i0Kxsd-zglhsNK80Cx1cvZMd1UNzZHGZqH3qLxJ6MnxfAksqXrBxhqNZ61cNTiogdaYpV2DcQRHQpTcwK8i5/s400/_MG_7670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621657129332746866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">The Baby Builder: Amtrak No. 7 rolls into Whitefish, Montana. June 23, 2011.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Traffic is down, Amtrak is messed up. How long could this last?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><table border="0" cellspacing="5" width="700" style="text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12px; "><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" height="35" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><span>To: All BNSF Customers</span><span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><b style="font-size: 12px; ">06/21/2011
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<br />Preliminary Report: Minot, North Dakota Area Flooding
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<br /></b><p style="font-size: 12px; "><b><span>On Thursday, June 23, 2011 at approximately 1:00 a.m., BNSF plans to close the Minot, North Dakota area to rail traffic due to main track flooding. </span>
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<br /><span>In a proactive measure to minimize delays, we have begun the process of rerouting trains. Preliminary estimates of delays are 24-48 hours. We will provide more information regarding the rerouting and flooding as information becomes available. </span></b></p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 17px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ">
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<br /></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-73945484525430082382011-06-22T02:01:00.005-04:002011-06-24T01:39:01.436-04:00A Summer in GN Country - June 21, 2011<div><meta charset="utf-8">Photos by Justin Franz
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<br />It's been a long time since I updated this blog. And if history is an indication, it'll be a long time before I do again.
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<br />But lets give it a shot.
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<br />This summer I'm working as a reporter for the Flathead Beacon in Kalispell, Montana and living in nearby Whitefish. It's a great place to spend a summer and frankly I'd be fine with spending more than three months here, with attractions like Glacier National Park and the Great Northern Brewery at my doorstep.
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<br />But that isn't the only plus to living here. For the railfan, Whitefish is a BNSF crew change point at the base of the legendary Marias Pass line. With heavy traffic and stunning scenery, BNSF's Hi Line Subdivision is truly a railfan playground.
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<br />I've already spent a few days trackside and hope to spend many more. With that in mind I plan on updating this blog with images from my "Summer in GN Country."
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<br />Here are a few from today, June 20, 2011.
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<br />Enjoy!</div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoizJUSAqznr6CY6y15IoCDiFsgBYyiF7n6tKNDSD7B1oKXTRFUc9Zqrwt4CZeWeofQoEHPsXAQgFtI_07p6CDyELtZ99G4yGE_2f7zNdLyYgFku7140tQSmsYavsf93X48QKib7r-lA11/s400/IMG_2129.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620920865315944002" /><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A pair of BNSF GE's shove on the rear end of an eastbound freight near West Glacier, Montana, along the Flathead River.</i></div>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0wav01MNhU4YzP9x8tkW2WMyZXRr-FIU3ToYOUWqRUJiEtOQZt0bQXqG1P6cQttCjDBF_Ov9pNElvuDJGq8KrYSB4bCe50Qz-MYSFU3emTeZl_nYXrc-NKqr1uqOxBACoT-Y6ilwL-Fj/s400/_MG_7584.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620921127780442978" /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><i>One of the historic Glacier National Park Red Buses near Java, Montana.</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>
<br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsS0aTjpBs4MGdvPT8m97eTxgUaoDyxBj14ajPhyphenhyphenoZ5F-K8TouYumfOEBeiKGM9mAez_C0qLDC5upkguiaJWN-J1ORU205E0q1RBohK1TzE2lGtW4kTMqgvbuUtbc05yKMw5QzzMDksOH/s400/_MG_7632.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620921135508379378" /></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A westbound BNSF grain train makes its way around a location call Ken Good Curve near West Glacier, Montana.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>All Images Copyright 2011 - Justin Franz</div></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-54138831860279095372010-10-11T15:47:00.011-04:002010-10-11T16:35:47.954-04:00Alta-Mont 30: October 9 - 10, 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLTevSEH594TaGnLcSDKALC1cBO1jTxD8-lSEp4aMM2ZY-rCUIXw41CbJRoRYY4IF8FqQvSV5kT5Ms7jZbseBHf9v4lC7mwxeuIOemWjI1G9xCmIJOQcPtXxORRNHYAafKc6uDIKC25Ai/s1600/_MG_4928.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLTevSEH594TaGnLcSDKALC1cBO1jTxD8-lSEp4aMM2ZY-rCUIXw41CbJRoRYY4IF8FqQvSV5kT5Ms7jZbseBHf9v4lC7mwxeuIOemWjI1G9xCmIJOQcPtXxORRNHYAafKc6uDIKC25Ai/s400/_MG_4928.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526888052329662178" /></a><br /><br />Story and Photos by Justin Franz<br /><br />Columbus Day Weekend often means one thing for railroad photographers in the Northwest - Alta-Mont, the annual railfan gathering at the Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana. For three days photographers shoot trackside on BNSF's Hi-Line Sub over Marias Pass by day and by night look a slides at the Walton.<br /><br />2010 marked the 30th Alta-Mont and about 35 people gathered in Essex over the course of the three day weekend. I joined photographers Paul Birkholz - <a href="http://mtnwestrail.com/">Mountain West Rail</a> - and Brent Mueller for two great days of shooting. What follows are a selection of the results. The weather wasn't perfect, with the exception of three hours on Saturday morning, but as always the times were great.<br /><br />For more information about Alta-Mont check out the <a href="http://www.alta-mont.org/">website!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpxXK6AkKDs-xQNhA6Llv4Lx45YqOYLAVsBuAlEhOtzHkE9AHi6tBZsXecZV6jKuAu8i1L8GKbQnt8w2jrP1IXq6U9y31YMgj4I71Y5EtZ1iMv5HfkORnzOlE_H8j5IB9whKTnAGhlVlS/s1600/_MG_4903.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpxXK6AkKDs-xQNhA6Llv4Lx45YqOYLAVsBuAlEhOtzHkE9AHi6tBZsXecZV6jKuAu8i1L8GKbQnt8w2jrP1IXq6U9y31YMgj4I71Y5EtZ1iMv5HfkORnzOlE_H8j5IB9whKTnAGhlVlS/s400/_MG_4903.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526879479139117074" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">An eastbound Z-Train rolls through Bad Rock Canyon near Hungry Horse, Montana.</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRT4nPmI2vJwI2TYQ-2hyphenhyphenmYpZilJfxLzxX5EWEZXdqDdooBInC_LrkChs3gN2sHq4USyHXi_ru-L8S2q1uDZvBDEIbkmgus4NPxbMMixCBr3xPFOhAzogcZoI2nHVs7zv5z_RoWDND57R/s1600/_MG_4907.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRT4nPmI2vJwI2TYQ-2hyphenhyphenmYpZilJfxLzxX5EWEZXdqDdooBInC_LrkChs3gN2sHq4USyHXi_ru-L8S2q1uDZvBDEIbkmgus4NPxbMMixCBr3xPFOhAzogcZoI2nHVs7zv5z_RoWDND57R/s400/_MG_4907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526880389679445874" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">A stack train rolls along the Flathead River east of Belton, Montana.</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sg8WwzuOgDRUnFsWHYMpaj7FM8ObTo96sBWcrxTZ_G9KWXackZXvkcwhK4s60a2ivTwI-rfJYcM1QQqBPolf9FHP0U7IM3T0i-TAAFidmzMaAXejE0RzLgdaxePE2_qWQ2PgPC8TGMtm/s1600/_MG_4925.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sg8WwzuOgDRUnFsWHYMpaj7FM8ObTo96sBWcrxTZ_G9KWXackZXvkcwhK4s60a2ivTwI-rfJYcM1QQqBPolf9FHP0U7IM3T0i-TAAFidmzMaAXejE0RzLgdaxePE2_qWQ2PgPC8TGMtm/s400/_MG_4925.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526886199904488482" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">U.S. Route 2 and the Great Northern: A match made in heaven.</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQWF0ze2ajz2rGDQCyHvCvd0JpTZ-X-5d8DOOMItX670-5G__5kcGl2CxT2jeEHmHOOJ-W_BCeoVCWnN_ystIsgDoCHpUXnUEfRpX1px2GfOMgDfB1YzxMWbGX_8DqUrBWuxC0iGllr1E/s1600/_MG_4969.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQWF0ze2ajz2rGDQCyHvCvd0JpTZ-X-5d8DOOMItX670-5G__5kcGl2CxT2jeEHmHOOJ-W_BCeoVCWnN_ystIsgDoCHpUXnUEfRpX1px2GfOMgDfB1YzxMWbGX_8DqUrBWuxC0iGllr1E/s400/_MG_4969.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526886792142286258" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Helpers roll across Java Trestle east of Essex, Montana.</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0ergTGvfkfSvNctS9KHc3_0zZXqtQYPDGJRIr5lxpfja_p926kF98F0PThK2m6qdYH1VqWT4ImDfwiCaAGBRD5mDS0vsmz6RTZVQFAkaDcpAfiJydW8FhtsrxNejaJdAmUKUbGxtXVYw/s1600/_MG_4964.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0ergTGvfkfSvNctS9KHc3_0zZXqtQYPDGJRIr5lxpfja_p926kF98F0PThK2m6qdYH1VqWT4ImDfwiCaAGBRD5mDS0vsmz6RTZVQFAkaDcpAfiJydW8FhtsrxNejaJdAmUKUbGxtXVYw/s400/_MG_4964.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526887106114565506" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Paul and Brent waiting at Java</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxh2rOAN0QdR38YP-ccy1v-njug5ZFNyKz26qRAZ87RmCrefN4AiFoOjiI2f0wOT9LvqxmjT92ctn59LvYitIGMR0Klw9yXLaClgz-qqrFQOCuC7GQPJEYNL3N1w5Jwe6I12ZJmzxBD1F/s1600/_MG_5064.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxh2rOAN0QdR38YP-ccy1v-njug5ZFNyKz26qRAZ87RmCrefN4AiFoOjiI2f0wOT9LvqxmjT92ctn59LvYitIGMR0Klw9yXLaClgz-qqrFQOCuC7GQPJEYNL3N1w5Jwe6I12ZJmzxBD1F/s400/_MG_5064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526887638358078194" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">An eastbound manifest freight at Coram on Sunday morning</span></div><br /><br />All images copyright 2010Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-58004990701938057212009-12-06T21:37:00.004-05:002009-12-06T21:44:56.458-05:00Silver and Maroon - A Fall of Griz SportsPhotography by Justin Franz - All images taken in November and December 2009<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuRXmNjU8Yq_SD-eckOhgIEhLIZ3jPoJBGHH895W562YbJyiM8oEaQUHGvYV63dVuXswpNUj408Nr0tUErqegkBBdqfXTT_WkfUz4hqDkX-eJyXIUJFfFXkKA2wvuBD-Bnmu0rR8EdCsl/s1600-h/_MG_0219.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWswXAXC1VR2YzI__pGXFwffS6n3yCprFb3TOQLHugsemA81xoHcyooD6pRezcjsWu4Se18HU_ylEns-ou1beWPC9hhLu9dSVCeorKflN14qIuPKvzMBaYhLWa1tsi6Bcl_eJeog-gCM_j/s400/_MG_0150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412318549569738002" /></a>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-68269626609231781402009-11-28T01:23:00.000-05:002009-11-28T01:24:24.186-05:00Kodachrome Featured on NBC's Today Show<div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/34172096#34172096" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">News about the Economy</a></p></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-29499771325032644492009-06-23T22:38:00.002-04:002009-06-23T22:44:37.331-04:0018 Months and counting.... More coverage of the end of the Kodachrome eraKodak announced Monday, June 22 that they would end production of Kodachrome 64 after 74 years. I've used it since the very first railroad images I ever took in the early 1990s. Here is some editorials and coverage worth a look...<br /><br /><a href="http://photo.net/learn/film/slide-film/kodachrome-discontinued/">http://photo.net/learn/film/slide-film/kodachrome-discontinued/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105797026">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105797026</a><br /><br /><a href="http://homepage.1000words.kodak.com/default.asp?item=2388083">http://homepage.1000words.kodak.com/default.asp?item=2388083</a><br /><br />Also, the new title image was taken with Kodachrome 64 in the Fall of 2000. Clear Canadian skies, peak Fall foliage in the Notre-Dame Mtns. and fresh CN units leading the way. Perfect conditions for chrome...Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-63143882715457097232009-06-22T19:54:00.001-04:002009-06-22T19:55:47.467-04:00Sorry Paul - Kodachrome era comes to an end after 74-yearsFrom Kodak.com<br /><br />ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 22 -- Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it will retire KODACHROME Color Film this year, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.<br />Sales of KODACHROME Film, which became the world’s first commercially successful color film in 1935, have declined dramatically in recent years as photographers turned to newer KODAK Films or to the digital imaging technologies that Kodak pioneered. Today, KODACHROME Film represents just a fraction of one percent of Kodak’s total sales of still-picture films.<br />“KODACHROME Film is an iconic product and a testament to Kodak’s long and continuing leadership in imaging technology,” said Mary Jane Hellyar, President of Kodak’s Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group. "It was certainly a difficult decision to retire it, given its rich history. However, the majority of today's photographers have voiced their preference to capture images with newer technology – both film and digital. Kodak remains committed to providing the highest-performing products – both film and digital – to meet those needs."<br />While Kodak now derives about 70% of its revenues from commercial and consumer digital businesses, it is the global leader in the film business. Kodak has continued to bring innovative new film products to market, including seven new professional still films and several new VISION2 and VISION3 motion picture films in the past three years.These new still film products are among those that have become the dominant choice for those professional and advanced amateur photographers who use KODAK Films.<br />Among the well-known professional photographers who used KODACHROME Film is Steve McCurry, whose picture of a young Afghan girl captured the hearts of millions of people around the world as she peered hauntingly from the cover of National Geographic Magazine in 1985.<br />As part of a tribute to KODACHROME Film, Kodak will donate the last rolls of the film to <a href="http://www.eastmanhouse.org/" cmimpressionsent="1">George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film</a> in Rochester, which houses the world’s largest collection of cameras and related artifacts. McCurry will shoot one of those last rolls and the images will be donated to Eastman House.<br />“The early part of my career was dominated by KODACHROME Film, and I reached for that film to shoot some of my most memorable images,” said McCurry. “While KODACHROME Film was very good to me, I have since moved on to other films and digital to create my images. In fact, when I returned to shoot the ‘Afghan Girl’ 17 years later, I used KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTACHROME Film E100VS to create that image, rather than KODACHROME Film as with the original.”<br />For all of its magic, KODACHROME is a complex film to manufacture and an even more complex film to process. There is only one remaining photofinishing lab in the world – Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas – that processes KODACHROME Film, precisely because of the difficulty of processing. This lack of widespread processing availability, as well as the features of newer films introduced by Kodak over the years, has accelerated the decline of demand for KODACHROME Film.<br />During its run, KODACHROME Film filled a special niche in the annals of the imaging world. It was used to capture some of the best-known photographs in history, while also being the film of choice for family slide shows of the Baby Boom generation.<br />To celebrate the film’s storied history, Kodak has created a gallery of iconic images, including the Afghan girl and other McCurry photos, as well as others from professional photographers Eric Meola and Peter Guttman on its website: <a href="http://www.kodak.com/go/kodachrometribute" cmimpressionsent="1">www.kodak.com/go/kodachrometribute</a>. Special podcasts featuring McCurry and Guttman will also be featured on the website.<br />Kodak estimates that current supplies of KODACHROME Film will last until early this fall at the current sales pace. Dwayne’s Photo has indicated it will continue to offer processing for the film through 2010."Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-68737504756213792012009-06-17T00:22:00.003-04:002009-06-17T00:36:30.514-04:00Some Recent WorkWith warmer weather coming around, free time is certainly at a premium and time spent on the computer (updating things like this blog) has been significantly cut. However if your looking to see some new material check out these two recent publications...<br /><br />The recent issue of Passenger Train Journal (Issue 239) features a 1-page feature authored and illustrated by myself titled "Long Live The PCCs" and looks at the PCC cars of MBTA's Mattapan-Ashmont High Speed Line, one of the last places in the Northeast to still employee the iconic street car in regular service.<br /><br />The second is something that has been 23 years in the making (and I'm only 21). Hot off the press is the second edition of Jerry Angier and Herb Cleaves "Bangor and Aroostook - The Life of a Maine Railroad Tradition." This is the most complete history of one of Maine's favorite railroads and tells the whole story from the first spike to the final moments on January 9, 2003. The book features five images by myself and many other more talented photographers. I'm very proud to have taken part in this much needed conclusion to a great story and Jerry has done an awesome job.Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-48770759211340355482009-04-13T23:15:00.004-04:002009-04-13T23:25:43.290-04:00Rails Across the Inland Empire - Western Montana NRHS Slide Show<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkS62SEOFb4H0lsh1T3rTZ24WgNtvXfPWWd6hj6c3KGAxlWNE4ZTeA0KGW35O2jx7fd9DW70Z6Q30CmVsUKXh8U-LSxR0rGHH_GsrtBL8cjAct4ctRkZHtuarjD5YJfYOfOhM-pt4KEl0/s1600-h/Tobin1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324381043026679618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkS62SEOFb4H0lsh1T3rTZ24WgNtvXfPWWd6hj6c3KGAxlWNE4ZTeA0KGW35O2jx7fd9DW70Z6Q30CmVsUKXh8U-LSxR0rGHH_GsrtBL8cjAct4ctRkZHtuarjD5YJfYOfOhM-pt4KEl0/s400/Tobin1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>MRL Helper Set at Tobin, Montana. Winter 2008 </em></div><div align="center"><em>Photo by Justin Franz</em></div><p>On Thursday, April 30 I will be presenting a slide show titled <em>Rails Across the Inland Empire </em>at the Western Montana Chapter of the NRHS meeting. The program looks at railroading in western Montana, northern Idaho and eastern Washington between August 2007 and May 2008 with a focus on the Montana Rail Link between Helena, Montana and Sandpoint, Idaho. </p><p>The show starts at approximately 730PM and is held at the church on the corner of Daly and Higgins, about six blocks east of the University of Montana campus. </p><p align="center"><em>For more information visit <a href="http://www.mtnwestrail.com/wmnrhs/">http://www.mtnwestrail.com/wmnrhs/</a></em></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="left"><em></em> </p><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-37900359552085302942009-03-30T02:40:00.003-04:002009-03-30T02:47:44.747-04:00A Grey Day on the Darby - Spring Break 2009 - Day 2Photos By Justin Franz<br /><br />Here are a few quick images from todays chase of Montana Rail Link's Darby local.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2tK14oaCSRPJ0jiCjcvwlgt0cz0Vqk92SDgmLPiSV1zZLD433QnPiCe1uUy65JueME1KE6i5fKWMS_aIRotbRVCY_jbaBPN9RIKkPyt7lez6b7laGTas3qPvTRdidVdUQ6GjXI0EJVxT/s1600-h/_MG_2306.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318868322269870850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2tK14oaCSRPJ0jiCjcvwlgt0cz0Vqk92SDgmLPiSV1zZLD433QnPiCe1uUy65JueME1KE6i5fKWMS_aIRotbRVCY_jbaBPN9RIKkPyt7lez6b7laGTas3qPvTRdidVdUQ6GjXI0EJVxT/s400/_MG_2306.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Lolo, Montana</em><br /><em></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4mapLmm93P3LN6zpZWgiiH0_HDaXivZG9NX19ttmknFUM4ig8onwJedqXfQA9o-IurRUWZragghUISdBoFW4iTeJMmQlOai43RjfR8U0b4yo-lE5qJRPhou7S3Tly_9VkXagHbInaT5D/s1600-h/_MG_2385.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318868314380227538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4mapLmm93P3LN6zpZWgiiH0_HDaXivZG9NX19ttmknFUM4ig8onwJedqXfQA9o-IurRUWZragghUISdBoFW4iTeJMmQlOai43RjfR8U0b4yo-lE5qJRPhou7S3Tly_9VkXagHbInaT5D/s400/_MG_2385.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Switching Lakeland Feed, Hamilton, Montana</em><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahyphenhyphenXBNStOOvBKHnNPfJ0hij7nVe2GzW-ixWziVGK_8zOvTSSY7mztxSW2pnsd8rMtYc7_bcF4X1QxlXmZ3ZEB1jkjV0xxHo4bMfcfDPLKCEFbZm8OXm23ipYnDgAUWnbm-KSfy4fM26kV/s1600-h/_MG_2363.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318868303028844258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahyphenhyphenXBNStOOvBKHnNPfJ0hij7nVe2GzW-ixWziVGK_8zOvTSSY7mztxSW2pnsd8rMtYc7_bcF4X1QxlXmZ3ZEB1jkjV0xxHo4bMfcfDPLKCEFbZm8OXm23ipYnDgAUWnbm-KSfy4fM26kV/s400/_MG_2363.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Lakeland Feed, Hamilton, Montana</em><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-24923027751061508322009-03-29T01:22:00.003-04:002009-03-29T01:42:16.734-04:00Grunge - Spring Break 2009 - Day OnePhotos By Justin Franz<br /><br />Grunge. That is the only word to describe the weather in Montana today, March 28, the first day of my Spring Break. While a lot of students try and head south to the beach, I'm staying in Montana in hopes of doing some railfanning in the northwest over the next week (I'm not the only one staying around, seems that most of UMs students stick to the Rockies during Spring Break, and who could blame you when you live here!).<br /><br />I'm hoping to update this blog regularly during the next week with a daily look at railfanning and photography. However I don't have much to start off with. With clouds overhead there wasn't a lot of reason to get up early and I don't think I left the pillow till 10Am. With a quick check of the line-up I headed down to the Missoula Yard to find the one train I'd shoot this day - A westbound BNSF freight with two fresh GE's on the point (With the lousy economy BNSF and UP have started putting older units aside, one positive however is that most the power running around is new and looks presentable.)<br /><br />Following the train west in the rain I shot it at Desmet, just west of town, where I also got this artsy fartsy reflection shot.<br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318476853186778466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHHsKFy2VDbl6y85Zep5RLRjs0TuZ7WzsPYHmBgVPvgPpyeEsniAPrUtueYbdxLYMzvbiOZZSHywbqCJUZgpa9nK5NNbDmZIk6Ol9hMO1K8JIAdYI-Ma8FxwqJGCNwsrdGkEr9UV9qGWN/s400/_MG_2277.jpg" border="0" /><em>Desmet, Montana. March 28, 2009</em></div><p>The next location was 30 miles west of town at Lothrop, Montana, where I left the westbound in the rain and did a little exploring, looking for some new angles (I found one, and it's a killer shot for sure, but you'll have to wait to see that one)</p><p align="left"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318476844700209618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97F_e7ihrHXRaNZqbOGT0Pk0mKgmnROGVFdm6rHsMZrI0F4f8Wtw-lf2T0JVq-rC5MzAq_VmKVMYg9DklyUjEIe0pxtCe_HbJNwyn4eF0TO74sTgeHHsj-kfbP7KdVGtePKxnGDm0U46E/s400/_MG_2283.jpg" border="0" /></em></p><div align="center"><em>Lothrop, Montana. March 28, 2009</em></div><p>And that was it for the days photography. After that I headed back to Missoula and hung out with friends around a grill in the rain watching dinner cook. Tomorrow morning MRL is dispatching a Darby local and snow is forcasted for the Bitteroots. That 5AM call time comes early so that's all for now. </p>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-75315217596852044082009-03-27T21:23:00.004-04:002009-03-27T21:34:59.275-04:00More from the Mason Jennings concert - March 26, 2009<div align="left">Photos By Justin Franz</div><div align="left">As promised, here are a few more views from the Mason Jennings concert at the Wilma on March 26. Also included are a few shots from the opening act, The Shook Twins, of Sandpoint, Idaho.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM26lEBiJpGkm5Ee2RS47mf6RY0K6aOWQeLhZ94O4fw_7lel2Z9vyw6n0x2dwfRDs1mv8gAq6Kd6LiIuUL8wX1WR4cC8mx9CCczPZARoSGXbR4FLgPyFpQXVRnBq4hKfsrF1KwyywuHNqY/s1600-h/_MG_2059.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318044953829041074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM26lEBiJpGkm5Ee2RS47mf6RY0K6aOWQeLhZ94O4fw_7lel2Z9vyw6n0x2dwfRDs1mv8gAq6Kd6LiIuUL8wX1WR4cC8mx9CCczPZARoSGXbR4FLgPyFpQXVRnBq4hKfsrF1KwyywuHNqY/s400/_MG_2059.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fDCGcKi0iuCiEF4aerfMxkcJr-tT8pJMQ47Ki1iawX9TCjTEtO-sszGZLa9j2y0s7ktE2bXzPAlYdvmuqTDQpfOX2hT1iVQOIS8a23isDoOpvtg62MzsSeO7pmb3oUHcqjFnIgFG9u1w/s1600-h/_MG_2070.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318044949695032210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fDCGcKi0iuCiEF4aerfMxkcJr-tT8pJMQ47Ki1iawX9TCjTEtO-sszGZLa9j2y0s7ktE2bXzPAlYdvmuqTDQpfOX2hT1iVQOIS8a23isDoOpvtg62MzsSeO7pmb3oUHcqjFnIgFG9u1w/s400/_MG_2070.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8TNC_O8tVbXO1KqyFU5c93VqAnXjK_SsapL9o71mYZVcWCnR_RdSNYOf4iHnlyH6Guyuh1TU1BL7uWwoiSLsqfFQ1thFBmJ_GqsR12HCskts9aiTZSAJ9Z9iUN9PidwaeAuFsuwa4q-H/s1600-h/_MG_2094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318044946302742562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8TNC_O8tVbXO1KqyFU5c93VqAnXjK_SsapL9o71mYZVcWCnR_RdSNYOf4iHnlyH6Guyuh1TU1BL7uWwoiSLsqfFQ1thFBmJ_GqsR12HCskts9aiTZSAJ9Z9iUN9PidwaeAuFsuwa4q-H/s400/_MG_2094.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318043916071742530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgS0diEOUMSmne6yHdEBYzMq1zwFsuNg0gI2_joi7lhNMLKt7OW1aY0iVEet4IjF6TZAW3xV4DxxKnFxdI2sGsIN_R6HWUj3D_kbMfVZ2UVBIExnY0Y9OOl9ESJEnn4lo8LcWDmoJUdTW/s400/_MG_2108.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318043905506709826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 340px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX9-tN092TFqKAUcmUHmnBDug-dnZ0Ra1fwpKajUr9qgomvqyXF_9s9m4KP_ADy2eiHRFrZBSiJJMupBaTbcQDps9LMfZH53mhubF_zsoKjZTMrXsp5SSHvhxMxYiWKWcfZ-e6iwjqRD1/s400/_MG_2109.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318043896361540210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQWmhadOTwEp6dbapHtwggrwn__A_rWOEYllAwyyyexyy4zwUOkcvZoG_ENEN0D_K2JBCfzg0kmcO3iWSOQ5jTc7S3qQn3YtnuoAzPTs2YJqctFeO59HQCOWSlT4hbhtbkmdxX3P3X9sL/s400/_MG_2186.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><br /></div><div align="center"><div><em>Justin Franz - Copyright 2009</em></div></div><br /></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-74022529136677414102009-03-27T01:40:00.008-04:002009-03-27T12:21:54.965-04:00Mason Jennings Live in Missoula<div align="left">Photos By Justin Franz</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">This is a first edit of some shots from tonights Mason Jennings concert at the Wilma in Missoula. I'm hoping to go back and re-edit this with more images in the near future. For more information on Mason Jennings go to <a href="http://www.masonjennings.com/">http://www.masonjennings.com/</a> </div><div align="left"><br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317738910099812514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsV30N7zbiIQYleMO6_9E_JMPcikgFMUUZsNox-CvUIGG7VfRgMrHrETPfzZ7zr7xZHRFTa6AsXv7NN0Are4QUywCylj_Dyyamz0La46qMnJhYVwKrAq669y5NVWxJhy5i4RRrKJNWoa6/s400/_MG_2030.jpg" border="0" /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317738915700138770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_C08BxzbS6jkGSZhYmkZyXaHac4r5hyqPALbo8VBgWchB_HXonVWnFbMyCUA_2QflWQxm5KahVCJ-fhQTqdSVMzmYGvrwzhZ4MapzmgNe0BPuN8eBUhULTpaLpNr9LjV9wE64cOiYau6/s400/_MG_2212.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317738920561717298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgetrxCyJnZh4mbUnVgmhQflObN11xpucl0A5hWxX8YExcch7HoHaHFoPriJI1WDawLn_DHP0hmLUAg7J7qj_x7MvW25bPRip_azw2QAIsv7XO4cCEUvBMXFwFALwZiJpqS1LFAg_27pe23/s400/_MG_2161.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317739524397518306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZ0c5_VhjwmmPnivzii_9oxQZUOYJf7hPdXy5ImSnu9WHmsrrxr3oIMexgFgDlWbqfJu48xujVPUFTwgW_NCFCkYCOpaIVDBTQEkylDLuL3tbNK9MYDNfBMgPRKiNZ1PxpF9y7AyNI4JP/s400/_MG_2170.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317739534824670706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVF_55SCKdDxniirOUxeASPvIbNbJUPqY99WbmTYTqyDhu6fHXpwPkSiOaBXlAKBEOmek6_s8kq5nsfEzwona6819cnA3b7fOpv0ydLrfxDe4Aa2xUfbR_okQcqJdj1lW87cUDZulHkR-4/s400/_MG_2232.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317739522616686994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4k9cL690-76YmmISA161PCr7QTM7wztvanGSRun49j03CZG2dXR5qL-yVdMpTYeRA6ZbcmYkaxHFauQTA20yNlwpAHL1qWuDV3_bHOvwWvR_oBX0jchbjRRyAzfMXeX-fAt3LQ8BGHlyZ/s400/_MG_2225.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>Justin Franz - Copyright 2009</em><br /></p><div align="center"><em></em></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-91333133726031478372009-03-24T02:06:00.003-04:002009-03-24T02:11:28.235-04:00Riding The Last Alcos<div align="left">It seems like it has been sometime since I've updated this site, but in the last week I've put up two stories so that has to be something!<br /><br />Anyway, I just want to plug Jim Redmond's awesome Riding The Last Alcos site. Since 2000 the website has been THE source for information on this remote and stunning railroad in eastern Quebec. Every image you've seen of the Cartier in the last decade was most likely taken by a photographer helped by Jim and without question we owe him a big thanks.<br /><br />Just recently the site changed to a new format, so check it out!<br /><br /> <a href="http://cartierrailway.multiply.com/">http://cartierrailway.multiply.com/</a></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-29922718375334223532009-03-23T21:54:00.007-04:002009-03-23T22:24:18.359-04:00The Bonner Local - Spring 2008<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em></em><em></em><em></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHMCK0lpJYO0S9Z4MZNI026bZ8R3b8yWjiVMSjz7FOdz9TW3_JXZ0lYUx23sfuHGk-eV_aT4NTreICPaiu-ic55i0rgQoRIOA-7tGkB8LuZM3QWel0GlqfuPl6pmwRCRuEZ_JLSMVaYLK/s1600-h/MRL+026res.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316568735899886194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHMCK0lpJYO0S9Z4MZNI026bZ8R3b8yWjiVMSjz7FOdz9TW3_JXZ0lYUx23sfuHGk-eV_aT4NTreICPaiu-ic55i0rgQoRIOA-7tGkB8LuZM3QWel0GlqfuPl6pmwRCRuEZ_JLSMVaYLK/s400/MRL+026res.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>The Last Spring: MRL's Bonner Local Serving the Stimson Lumber Co. April 2008</em> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Photos and Story By Justin Franz</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>Railroads Illustrated Magazine, Montana Rail Link News, June 2008.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="left"><em>"On Tuesday, March 18, officials of Stimson Lumber Co. notified employees at its Bonner mill they had 60-Days left before a shutdown that is feared to be its last. The mill had been shutdown earlier this year but was reopened in early March. Over a 100-employees will be laid-off when the mill closes in May, concluding Bonner’s history as a mill town that stretches back to the 1880’s. Montana Rail Link dispatches a local from Missoula to Bonner five-days a week and Stimson is the predominant customer, yet in recent years traffic from the mill has dropped dramatically. Whether the Bonner Local will continue to run after the shut down is unknown."</em></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">I wrote that small story that led off the RRI News Column over a year ago now. If I remember right it was just a few days before Spring Break in March of 2008 that the headline of the Missoulian read "Stimson To Shut Down." It was a shock to the area, that such a major employer was to go under and it was a shock to railfans that Montana Rail Link would not serve the Mill anymore, just as the railroad had done since its start up in 1987, and the Burlington Northern and Milwaukee Road before that. All the sudden my Spring Break plans became quite simple - Shoot that local .</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">The following Monday I headed east with the local to Bonner and shot it switch the mill, unfortunately by the time they departed the sun was behind a cloud for "the shot" of them leaving. On two other occasions I would try with no success to get the shot in sun, until late April that the combination of sun and shot came to be. The results can be seen at the top of the post. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">However it wasn't that shot that would end up being my favorite. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316571470738337314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpd9LAZsjvWXoCxmTWfv_k1UZoJWGYN3zZInPHaRYleFzktchprP5o7ZgEeJJkRgwG72fSXANW9jFTq3HlYvstsB8tD0iflspjqiNGrUV64unmnI97AMtHGtPWdPe2UepRKJrj_r_OBJZA/s400/2845_1206486000.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><em>60 Days Notice: An old switch lock secures the gate to the Bonner, Montana lumber mill owned by Stimson Lumber Co. and servered by Montana Rail Link. Last week, Stimson gave its employees 60 days notice of what will likely be a final shut down for the mill, ending years of rail service by the Milwaukee Road, Burlington Northern and todays Montana Rail Link. </em></p><p align="left">After the local had left on that first day I stuck around and shot this and that. For some reason the lock on the gate caught my eye. With the tracks leading into the distance to an empty log yard it seemed to tell the whole story. My Photo-J teacher at the time here at the University of Montana agreed and I got an A for the assignment. </p><p align="left">In the end the mill would hold on until Summer, after I had returned home at the end of the semester. However the story still had to be told and it was....</p><p align="center"><em>Railroads Illistrated Magazine, Montana Rail Link News, October 2008.</em></p><p align="left"><em>"Done. Montana Rail Link GP35 403 powered what will likely be one of the last locals to serve the Stimson Lumber Company on the afternoon of July 29, 2008. With only two cars, BNSF 564146 and 564152 billed for a Home Depot in Dayton, New Jersey, the train left the mill and ended over a century long relationship between the railroad and lumber industry in Bonner. Stimson has put the mill and land up for sale at $16-million, yet if a buyer is not found for everything before September 30th, all mill equipment will be placed up for auction, leaving only the land."<br /></em></p>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-66207628589306248152009-03-18T22:47:00.003-04:002009-03-18T22:54:35.903-04:00End of an Era - Marias Pass<div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">Photo By Justin Franz</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">From Mark Meyer, Montana Railroads Yahoo Group,</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">"Speaking of ES44 locomotives, some of the six-traction motor variety have replaced the venerable SD40-2s long in service in helper service at Essex. SD40s are being phased out and replaced with more fuel-efficient power, especially during the downturn in business. Two SD40-2s are expected to remain in the Essex area for work train service and may be used as auxiliary helper power as necessary. Helpers for the most part, are only used on eastward stack and merchandise trains." </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314726450299254066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZT0ZlLmeCYQMON_eh118RAV316K9jyi5amvB_V-w3NCzx0H262HVLRkGYnMoQr9CJXP4AxQgV_INEp41_Sniy2S3_CxVFtV0x_C2RzaM6BcOI4JyRw2YnouskYvT90BC6sTsKaMU5Xtdy/s400/_MG_8867.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"> <em>Summit Crossover, Glacier National Park, October 2008. </em></p><p align="center"><em>Photo By Justin Franz</em></p>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-11779392596325777382009-03-03T21:17:00.003-05:002009-03-03T21:22:47.006-05:00First Friday - March 6<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbryu_97PpVQQd6ma-lMPO4MqaiJLdGwWiscB2-tXBZX9r7w96oQDqbWoRO9nzRgCOS4KI84DdSuikHjx_NkWHH8YOBQoEqCrXXpQmYPnPT-c5NsHNlXBTO_dWAt-LDm48NYqF1fI1vYAk/s1600-h/_MG_9285_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309151177723318642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbryu_97PpVQQd6ma-lMPO4MqaiJLdGwWiscB2-tXBZX9r7w96oQDqbWoRO9nzRgCOS4KI84DdSuikHjx_NkWHH8YOBQoEqCrXXpQmYPnPT-c5NsHNlXBTO_dWAt-LDm48NYqF1fI1vYAk/s400/_MG_9285_1.jpg" border="0" /></a> On March 6th, Dylan Peck and myself will be the featured artists at Sotto Voce in downtown Missoula. Both of us will display images from the past few months ranging from subjects like railroads, scenery and people. So please come on down see some photography, have a drink and maybe even buy a shot.<br /><br /><div align="center"><em>First Friday - Missoula, Montana - March 6th</em></div><div align="center"><em>Sotto Voce - 111 West Main Street, next to The Dark Room.</em><br /></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-68836240112358730132009-01-12T23:31:00.009-05:002009-01-20T22:14:10.906-05:00White Powder, Black DimondsBy Justin Franz<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfCKN6Qw-uWXZYrny6hXTSkC_jfmUHVH5S9kyFNvuugPcfe3YVi5bsq2VNkZdx1DCnUtg6kvwhyphenhyphenUBkPLa0fgs_dDQoqzrNTYrPpAnERffDL798u9aDEn8eNbpvZY0dW4vI2MU9OxBgKvN/s1600-h/mtn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290632022767288050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfCKN6Qw-uWXZYrny6hXTSkC_jfmUHVH5S9kyFNvuugPcfe3YVi5bsq2VNkZdx1DCnUtg6kvwhyphenhyphenUBkPLa0fgs_dDQoqzrNTYrPpAnERffDL798u9aDEn8eNbpvZY0dW4vI2MU9OxBgKvN/s400/mtn.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>One from the cutting room floor </em><br /><div align="center"><em>Newburg, West Virginia. March 2007. Photo by Justin Franz</em></div><br /><div align="center"><em></em></div><br /><div align="left">In March 2007, Mike Confalone, Joe Posik, Tim Franz and myself made a three day trip to 'Wild and Wonderful' West Virginia to photograph the former Baltimore and Ohio 'West End', today CSXs Mountain Sub. What ensued were three intense days of winter railfanning as we criss-crossed northern West Virginia and western Maryland in search of Color Positon Lights, Interlocking Towers, coal train and of course the wild railroading of West 'By God' Virginia. </div><br /><div align="left"></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.railroadexplorer.com/media/covers/rrexplorer_cover_25.jpg" border="0" />Now the whole story of that trip is told in the pages of Railroad Explorer Magazine in 10-page special 'White Powder, Black Diamonds - Four New England Railfans Head South.' The Winter 2009 issue tells the entire story authored by myself and illustrated by all four of us. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>The Winter 2009 issue of Railroad Explorer is on sale now for $9.95.</em></div><div align="center"><em>For more information visit <a href="http://www.railroadexplorer.com/">www.railroadexplorer.com</a></em><br /></div><div align="left"></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-19508157381209112132008-11-04T16:07:00.004-05:002008-11-04T16:10:15.893-05:00Election DayPhotos by Justin Franz<br /><br />Here are a few shots in and around Missoula, Montana taken today, November 3, 2008. Election Day in America.<br /><br />More to come later!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhr1X6r5yeUxockmGBpBK8-qokR0Or2Dz_cAFzKB2DHJ7BVw0aAMoK9E3o74T_JjoqoAHTSCWQCfnZd3qEcnFn1uI6aZnH4WABGgUcLYObLarJqhqiz7ErbmkSLVLnrXp5wBGWYIpV6cS/s1600-h/_MG_9399_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264912386619482162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 379px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhr1X6r5yeUxockmGBpBK8-qokR0Or2Dz_cAFzKB2DHJ7BVw0aAMoK9E3o74T_JjoqoAHTSCWQCfnZd3qEcnFn1uI6aZnH4WABGgUcLYObLarJqhqiz7ErbmkSLVLnrXp5wBGWYIpV6cS/s400/_MG_9399_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PYUYi72JUjhWjQH5DNcDEFHVylRLMYocu3kbS-VuFmiu2UMfqOaAtNTuRjCwUvu8eJYeir2p4_80po1DMdirOQYIB7SHwfaAoQiAisRGOhuAMp7XNiQ0Td2cFhb69x21cNP0XttjVETT/s1600-h/_MG_9429_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264912347922873506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PYUYi72JUjhWjQH5DNcDEFHVylRLMYocu3kbS-VuFmiu2UMfqOaAtNTuRjCwUvu8eJYeir2p4_80po1DMdirOQYIB7SHwfaAoQiAisRGOhuAMp7XNiQ0Td2cFhb69x21cNP0XttjVETT/s400/_MG_9429_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalnvKXDooru6-dy0dBx9ONHI1w5AWf6BcRUQf9q9r1lMfQF_gNRpJwhjmyo88dt8dvVZD6f_bZEy3sAk3D20p2fRlG1FSomWeFY4HT39Ncs4tw59Zx0AvO7SQZR4UHTDshvUhWMIlLtAW/s1600-h/_MG_9343_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264912344564861762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalnvKXDooru6-dy0dBx9ONHI1w5AWf6BcRUQf9q9r1lMfQF_gNRpJwhjmyo88dt8dvVZD6f_bZEy3sAk3D20p2fRlG1FSomWeFY4HT39Ncs4tw59Zx0AvO7SQZR4UHTDshvUhWMIlLtAW/s400/_MG_9343_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-66293675678334021642008-09-26T18:18:00.003-04:002008-09-26T18:32:43.571-04:00MRL 20th Anniversary Excursion<div>In October 2007, Montana Rail Link celebrated their 20th Anniversary by operating a series of excursions across the system. Here are two images from that day, scanned from Color Kodachrome 64 Slides (and changed to black and white in photo shop, due to some odd coloration from the poor scan)</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvFXvMt5m68Uzsc56W5hlya3LYuIvZ57vNJkA8w8S60jok0eSkF7J5-WHtjSG7Jbh_cSm9hcOUTpuQkZSMinXPuLkdwLOBf6Smg8g8tDUnVitj4UGYnyio83Y1JCKzlpYVVDlHD1uokYJ/s1600-h/daf.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqvFXvMt5m68Uzsc56W5hlya3LYuIvZ57vNJkA8w8S60jok0eSkF7J5-WHtjSG7Jbh_cSm9hcOUTpuQkZSMinXPuLkdwLOBf6Smg8g8tDUnVitj4UGYnyio83Y1JCKzlpYVVDlHD1uokYJ/s400/daf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250460138176559746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Train Master David Franz, Northern Pacific Depot, Missoula, Montana</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-BdKdhBYd7T-scRPkGuYsVT49cTzsiXeZwgjijf9lpkKya9IdjEGvNJcddOiDivXXsMAtvzKtFNcSIyCV0poTZl4I7lek8-5Rsmt_3EqKIcdBrOZcvWKGLLf5kukQ-kpzn6C2_kki3Ud/s1600-h/bwpass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-BdKdhBYd7T-scRPkGuYsVT49cTzsiXeZwgjijf9lpkKya9IdjEGvNJcddOiDivXXsMAtvzKtFNcSIyCV0poTZl4I7lek8-5Rsmt_3EqKIcdBrOZcvWKGLLf5kukQ-kpzn6C2_kki3Ud/s400/bwpass.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250460136531364274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Montana Rail Link 10th Sub, Arlee, Montana</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Photos By Justin Franz</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Special Thanks to David Franz and Montana Rail Link</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-75833810455337089892008-09-21T15:30:00.003-04:002008-09-21T16:46:52.563-04:00Plugging It<a href="http://www.railroadexplorer.com/media/covers/rrexplorer_cover_24.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.railroadexplorer.com/media/covers/rrexplorer_cover_24.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>For anyone who enjoys great railroad photography the Fall 2008 issue of Railroad Explorer is a must buy. Besides featuring what looks to be an excellent in-depth look at CP Rail's (Now Montreal, Maine and Atlantic) Sherbrooke Sub, there is an excellent photo essay by Tim Franz on his time on the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad in the 1980s. With an introduction by his son, myself, the essay has six awesome images of this shortline. As one who helped in selecting the images I can tell you it's an excellent spread, much of it never before published. </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>The Fall 2008 issue of Railroad Explorer is on sale now and sells for only $9.95.</em></div><div align="center"><em>Check out <a href="http://www.railroadexplorer.com/">http://www.railroadexplorer.com</a> for more information</em> </div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-87731292619050971082008-08-15T20:57:00.005-04:002008-08-15T21:09:01.415-04:00Lock 11Photos By Justin Franz<br /><br />During a lull in action of CSX's Mohawk Sub, I wondered over to Lock 11 along the Mohawk River to document this relic of the past still in use today. Here are the results.<br /><br />For more information on the locks of the Mohawk River or how one works, check out this site....<br /><a href="http://www.eriecanal.org/locks.html">http://www.eriecanal.org/locks.html</a><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234915280975809346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKgU7F-xtHEMeSvjPQd26Hl4IucMuuJLPTjWBI7NSCJh90X8imA-DwqVs8ZFLwySU5Z8QdSuIDiFBOzo1NkIg04_6otcbw_9cIJgZ97VziNXoc_tRhjb47Kdkt1kyTnnATR3akkpcYUhx/s400/lock10.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234915287394691282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwLjP1XwL-gde4nHRjiNvmhtKUaPx_PTN_gJAlGzo_01mJKaG-JTutnLkhRDuetN1bXOSyNG-JtsAsTLonNSGdkqq2eHNsApKJkxfTx0nmLNa-FIxPtFwSa2jtyCXhO234k-vs__KyqKG/s400/lock102.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234915290074367842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkthxB72v307x7oMciV6b9voGcI5_nlwmOR5mZ5EpPFDXTEsVO7G52JlNyAdoXaxlNbS0-VlWwH6vKQ2N4IJ4fpV387HHl_DwmUFIcFGs56Y_gJoPWLGONKNjmkkNs7HuGe1GFyas3heCD/s400/lock103.jpg" border="0" /></p><p></p>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-85595075221068179172008-06-22T23:06:00.008-04:002008-06-22T23:40:35.285-04:00Your Crumbling Past - Cony High School<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjx1-w39dJJo_GcMttXM6hCMqOPywRiTbVEoBShl1BLPJKQBgc3vD0FiZwKX0CZO3QfUGgyPib54oCOKtiYcG9-GkKObaxBK_2ynVWM9_ocP8DkuiaAZqcKT6coAmOt7JKGK2HQP3w6AGu/s1600-h/cony3res.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214913579783375330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjx1-w39dJJo_GcMttXM6hCMqOPywRiTbVEoBShl1BLPJKQBgc3vD0FiZwKX0CZO3QfUGgyPib54oCOKtiYcG9-GkKObaxBK_2ynVWM9_ocP8DkuiaAZqcKT6coAmOt7JKGK2HQP3w6AGu/s400/cony3res.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>School Bus Parking - Not Any More</em><br /><br />Photos By Justin Franz<br /></div><p>When you leave a place, even if it for only a year, things change. For me that change was the removal of Cony High School in Augusta, Maine, where I attended for four years. For the first three years we were in a 1960s era building that had been added on to the original school dating back to the early 1900s. In my Senior year we moved to a new building, leaving the run down and tired 60s era school behind. The original school has been preserved, yet the addition was taken down early in the Summer of 2008.<br />By the time I returned to Augusta in May I was quite surprised to see how much was gone and decided to record what was left before it was too late. So late one night recently I headed down to shoot what was left. Here are the results. Within days this section of the building would be gone. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214913586106602594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TxloA-JqTsfSYRCPcM1L38ZkzMy0ilimUmTKg54gBMJ-1ukCGgc8Ae7FQw7VyyiD0PAPSHz6ReOO4vZ2f8N9dbvwfE7h6bKhuZR3QCNffRMTlu82-_Z7wJ9o8CG7YAWx8E6aH414bQ_h/s400/cony5res.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214913590384001394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDz3Qi8zWy_lt_E0E9p03r9qH4kI4Y_aaGxMzRnEiN0JmhiyUEWUNkTcTACiNqv7-l3_U5ghMgDYygoMptoU1lVAn0SQu9F5v6j92rU_gRz1Nnj-KUA1YbJyCwvzHesAPuVh-ITRvztOD3/s400/cony1res.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em>While setting up on the sidewalk an Augusta cop pulled up. Within a few moments he was helping with lighting from his car. Talk about luck!</em></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214913590848255698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQLz09p_GQmBa6HkYAJgzrWRVl99seZtdJksMhDnfC1kkKNgaTfMoZ2RlWN02v1_7XDaLksVI44-KSpFWtC7jfOB6KTxd22nkcFhLV7mLn-LLJnBhEtB1veWIxE5p01zg67zC6sb_Wi9T/s400/cony2res.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214913591010612002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5m_thTc3mcKrIE1_Bt7e5-umHUAwae1tf_W_Z01PhzrEHjjsrUpBkPzCyppt71upPXjAYzRYxwfcSgFdxgshtPTYaYWomEK_HXY5jRsh1cNvs7o-AO3Bfz5iTEHGwDa4YotAahcsHpiIj/s400/cony4res.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><em>Preserved: The Old Flat Iron building will survive as a monument to Augusta's past.</em></p><p align="center"></p>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-71932304950177428652008-06-10T20:43:00.009-04:002008-06-10T22:16:59.463-04:00Life In The WestPhotos By Justin Franz<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Missoula</span>, Montana is more then a place. It's a way of life, where people are much more relaxed and actually slow down to enjoy life. That's something I've noticed since leaving <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Missoula</span>, where I attend school at the University of Montana, just a few weeks ago. Even here in Maine, "The way life should be," people seem rushed and hurried. It's not like that in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Missoula</span>; In the west.<br /><br />I was able to meet <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Missoula</span> and the people and places that make it up through the lens of my camera for my Basic Photojournalism class and the images that follow are from that effort. It's hard to capture a way of life on film, but maybe with these few images you too will get an idea of what "Life In The West" is like.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210420380554210546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0v-p_z60CMu-OV6b7zdIBOZugk8MnxdaDkKxSWWovMtp11ngMZwXDX9AMnKz7ffLiOr9SrmPNE4NqHzK1jvSBz8OAWaa83hyphenhyphena2_QLirM7hs-BvpPjA5cmhVqOZp4ovY8cdnN3e2F6tV7/s400/_MG_3692.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">PBR</span>: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Missoula's</span> Favorite - University of Montana Lacrosse Game - April 2008</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7qOP_5pGPgnUl7NillrcXgawWBOmVu2Hj40bYBRbBjnAHgsArST6XrnZnBGgoTeieqPfmERGvJoXQpydJIf2u5A_wi0zptlp3nE4PnGuNQd_7AJf-E78-IetONa6t015b19RH71y4Uau/s1600-h/MRL+040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210424793161485026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7qOP_5pGPgnUl7NillrcXgawWBOmVu2Hj40bYBRbBjnAHgsArST6XrnZnBGgoTeieqPfmERGvJoXQpydJIf2u5A_wi0zptlp3nE4PnGuNQd_7AJf-E78-IetONa6t015b19RH71y4Uau/s400/MRL+040.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>Montana Rail Link "Dirt Train" - Bonner, Montana - May 2008</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxemPeF7TxdYDO7fuBHOR40o_NLdQmHDORVB54R1dEiZ4lUxIBdvYZOyEb1sun0HfssCyRpVjCVh0CN1VtQaF5Bp-A-WGMUV7_51-4ok3kFFNajeFTh1nqxneFM8gZx8xGtu35s8z1i5sl/s1600-h/Boiler+Room+Sharp.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210424821262550322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxemPeF7TxdYDO7fuBHOR40o_NLdQmHDORVB54R1dEiZ4lUxIBdvYZOyEb1sun0HfssCyRpVjCVh0CN1VtQaF5Bp-A-WGMUV7_51-4ok3kFFNajeFTh1nqxneFM8gZx8xGtu35s8z1i5sl/s400/Boiler+Room+Sharp.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210426173525101794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEg_aBEPTA5WULN86rxReOPjLg2Ht6ywAUXa6LoYgKOu9oZidmKGHMeZ15h-SXvM7T2cpOKj2qtgFlCzwfY2JzLnw7VmCpi82LuQuACKqnMw1wHvtlUVX5NFue_Pz97n-pDMRkyDV2CVo6/s400/Jack+Burnssharp.JPG" border="0" /><em>University of Montana Steam Plant Operator Jack Burns - January 2008</em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210421677997449810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPv1VGyjpW1OXrRy-KOWQufGqqnh7_0v2GHv3Q_VmohXc0QC1S1eOY49uQmYypIb1H4t3dBeZ069LFzOMRfZPcH1Mb_W2WSXVVx-bOeP35YY0qYqwCE3qED9oqjYirHsOjo3FkkOPbf9ci/s400/_MG_3791_1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210421666490009890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZk-m6QqHWEsI2Y0fuQg-eTYtFeNaSa0dykrNan6tvQ7A8Gb5EHn1iQieqSsW-TUr_MZ4Glpcks70HQa7dtRIt3zQedVxAwoCkmjybh0I1W0cod_VU656jHEzpEA7uPVLiEBo3hx0nJ8Ff/s400/_MG_3625.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210421652097151042" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnASh4L-X7ufmLyUbj7s8R-KLowC4Gig_QNxyoRDn2pQ-OHP_gs1fYrw7H4jmmL_Gi8TKde-ZnalraGeGUa4qhy6RKfbX0L3ZE7g5flFNYRVmJt9EyoxCayvGFMR9EG4QSLOQshH_YGrb/s400/_MG_3864.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>University of Montana Lacrosse Game - April 2008</em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210421629650133730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEyFQEL70SQI-Z-ZCbuJmgRpvHEyNxKIKV9YaNVwvNSFs2iayWSyGQkI_GvNwfl_nAv3P1FyRO9UGkZrGnLykSYaqLePHRmco1-_uoHEgr4LZg8_DEQSODkJer4ioNmISiYanXhtsek_D/s400/_MG_2022.jpg" border="0" /><em>University of Montana student - Clark Fork River - Spring 2008</em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210420398676130770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pNvZ1xuhrZwgXl8SFjaq73vX2tp9EzsxK6teyET2Li4SowF3bKhTYUhJ14t8Gzd54RelItfX38H-hmYa6fb6vSpgDk8fVCmF1ZDq0uaocacxyrvF8e6l3RonTtx9seRAx4_eJkOqi-EP/s400/_MG_1381.jpg" border="0" /><em>"<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Philadelphia</span> Phil" - Northern Pacific Depot - Spring 2008</em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210421635110275522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tQLdPVFTrPOYgb0uxtF5sORqebzOTJYT7QadTPNIoeWCK1bI7FCWB6pB8BDtwkrNdtVU_K6VQeORuMA-bDHEzmX9udyVwMpWKzzpb30kfZ8gCX_Pl3YhM5O4Qyk6G5CAo6reLMaiSsAU/s400/_MG_2069.jpg" border="0" /><em>Robert <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Basher</span> - Quality Seamless Gutters - Spring 2008</em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210420393110505794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w9pgMnqMupa9ibD7ct_HioviewBanH5k6ZhYq7wj8JWFoG-9ZM7ygF4HTWa4vsZcZ4vEvM5-6TcszjihlW1yYfgsA7JsDuRH82MzszgdUnrTBodh1fdQ0e2ZLvt0NMlkMrP2mGyMCGh9/s400/_MG_1429.jpg" border="0" /><em>House builder - Depot St - Spring 2008</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wk9Rn5ftBN6nSWHcbydPlTZdCe5Mz1hGqXPxouzomqqkkLA4HPUQFV-pDpcuITQnR6XCReplHDfs51os_QxshmmtD-fOrBykxuogYFiwZ1xBShsl2I8qf2z6Gg2WvhfHAUV2gLyyLaGh/s1600-h/_MG_4380_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210422872280484626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wk9Rn5ftBN6nSWHcbydPlTZdCe5Mz1hGqXPxouzomqqkkLA4HPUQFV-pDpcuITQnR6XCReplHDfs51os_QxshmmtD-fOrBykxuogYFiwZ1xBShsl2I8qf2z6Gg2WvhfHAUV2gLyyLaGh/s400/_MG_4380_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdO_-3oWLYgWIwGRTNZppMStX2RE96ttLQhjuGKkXLfMi86E8f8hrSN9U9Dw0McqSH3IOmnNo2Hz4F621syQAXNLOj1cKGfChwz0KnnE9eCjIl_KSPE0MvnfxpNDA-SH32ypffmRJkii3m/s1600-h/MRL+144_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210422879257479538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdO_-3oWLYgWIwGRTNZppMStX2RE96ttLQhjuGKkXLfMi86E8f8hrSN9U9Dw0McqSH3IOmnNo2Hz4F621syQAXNLOj1cKGfChwz0KnnE9eCjIl_KSPE0MvnfxpNDA-SH32ypffmRJkii3m/s400/MRL+144_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsn87czmUNStxdq8fxbQTeGwUszIovOmXFL-I9MSpJK8kzf837XO5kGQcBtJ8f1R2Sc4wMDIj8ejNE6S7m7o-TS687ws6ks906CgcipQ8aelTC93bD78F3tmkAVKYzcU55wfaFxI24sVLH/s1600-h/troutpete_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210422887527103202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsn87czmUNStxdq8fxbQTeGwUszIovOmXFL-I9MSpJK8kzf837XO5kGQcBtJ8f1R2Sc4wMDIj8ejNE6S7m7o-TS687ws6ks906CgcipQ8aelTC93bD78F3tmkAVKYzcU55wfaFxI24sVLH/s400/troutpete_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><em>Montana Rail Link Chief of Safety and Security Pete <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Lawrenson</span></em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Thanks to everyone who didn't have a problem with a college student and a camera (and big time thanks to Lynda Frost of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">MRL</span>)</em> </div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963204803285456143.post-13295240120585672002008-05-09T03:55:00.000-04:002008-05-09T04:55:49.391-04:00Campaign '08 - Life In America<div align="left">Photos and Story By Justin Franz </div><div align="left">---</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196310854444712050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gl9dVaBcAHqQPS16qUOOiEbqwsFpbIoC2lYAVNnx33no0JzVGjmI38BliNsrk5VgURF1UDzC6DOncB5aqqFnLN5me_8rxyRvCD9FHuRgp_KHm_p4A9xhvEYa1re9IFiqgKMh_p2K3Hhc/s400/_MG_4238.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">Congressmen Ron Paul at the University of Montana - April 2008<br /><br /></p><div align="left">Without question, the politics of running for president have become part of day to day life in America in 2008. You can't turn on the TV with out seeing a campaign ad, you can't drive down the street without seeing a bumper sticker and now you can't see this blogspot free of presidential politics (Starting from now on, this site will feature some non-rail photography. But no worries, for the most part you'll still get a healthy dose of branchlines, Alcos, SD's and mountain grades.)</div><div align="left">As a journalism student here at the University of Montana, I had the chance to cover the election (mainly for my basic photo-journalism class) as it rolled into Missoula, Montana, with visits from Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul. Usually the Montana primary, held June 3 this year, doesn't matter but as the Democratic nomination rolls on, more focus has been put in these later states (I'm not quite sure why Paul visited, considering McCain has secured the Republican nomination.) </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">On Saturday, April 5 Barack Obama (D-Illinois) brought his campaign to Missoula with a rally at the University of Montana Adams Center. Later that evening he continued to Butte for the annual Montana Democratic Dinner that featured both Obama and Clinton as guests. The following morning Hillary Clinton held a rally at the Missoula Airport, but since I don't have a car and I already got up way too early the day before, I let Hillary get by without being the focus of my camera (I mean come on, 10Am on a Sunday is crazy!)</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198291694243195586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFEXRb8ZczJgrQPlhCtDequBSXIqpSSb7OpSAagTQgArY1zrE_IRwWCUHxDxcCeAB5sEs1o-lY15Ph3bOpr3LrIM6SY__5E85ZABDZi0wyQaqzP9MAVfH15iu53-7TU973PuuAdFt5lw_/s400/Obama_1.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198296367167613682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjBBHKtF0h87oaMsgygK3MTBg1iXcF_IdTcVUoiIvSxgWp6yg9QVA-dkD7cQSmUJVLe3nY5UFcz71SWAQEgpnHAmHnQBESivfFDmuKvYLRmkNGPQaOvvNbqQdDN_Ml6L9rpbl7wO9gmTt/s400/_MG_2865.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198291698538162898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LMBzMQv0qKhb-y31SYllhglQeYubuA9whkP-hS2ovK4SqUtyPDW280NmHGYbEfOyvX3nd-yIQVS4W2I5o8wnw4smvOssgwmACccaxBuM4grKDqwkxPl5BEm2IQ0nuhXOlumU5WLWBRqn/s400/Obamaclap_1.jpg" border="0" />Barack Obama - Adams Center - April 2008</div><br /><p align="left">On April 21, Congressmen Ron Paul (R-Texas) brought the message of his long shot campaign to the University Ballroom here on campus. Even though McCain secured the nomination, Paul continues to run. After signing his new book, Paul gave a speech to an ecstatic crowd.<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198292338488290018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBbe__2wcIcUPXZEDcYjaf5a7cZ2MJhcZKKeuKWfacKWECTymHeH6c_pw_3CItCLMY_xs6l-sVmzfmVLrp9iPdv159iQE46ctQEahOctMpUcvf12BmfWVUdXAigFt20CuJEWduEdXMIW0/s400/_MG_4162_1.jpg" border="0" /> </p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198296646340487938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfejYl4R1xDvlfglQ7gowph2vMXJASBmk1miSk5ZnwKwSnThO7P81qODwDfpjzq4ZZE7NYG0RYVNhIlj1CHyjHwHuapRm_STQDR0pHgQruyrLtG9AzK-ImuHm7lgK84e0JsibmcKVzPP1/s400/_MG_4008.jpg" border="0" />Ron Paul - University of Montana - April 2008 </div><div align="center"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198296654930422546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWnVnUbP9QqnN9O16IMCtkG0U_JU23Tx8t6WGYuI47pKZlYF0MTaLp2iTJ4bfkHltVIyJVHpegZOkkrzk7TYxIZ7TQel57YdM_ibUbuqlipz46URFjfLmRIITBV-lDUNmAIp5suIl3cM8/s400/_MG_4086.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Everyone is a journalist in 2008</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">---</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em>Note: In no way are these images an endorsement of Obama or Paul for President. </em></div>Justin Franzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021494364522257330noreply@blogger.com0