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Photographs by Alfred R. Reynolds
WALLA WALLA CINE
& CAMERA CLUB
UNION
HAIL FAN TOUR MAY 15. 1949
A TITLING BOARD, three by five feet in size and using two inch letters, was popular feature of northwestern rail trip.
A KIDDIE IN THE CAB and railway caps for all add to the natural good fun of high-iron holidays. Five clubs took part.
TRAIN TRIPS ARE FUN
Book a rail-fan trip on this year's movie club schedule. Here's how to plan it
IF you are looking for a cine club project that will start off your new season with a bang, by all means include
a Rail-fan Train Trip in this year's program. For either fall, winter or spring months it's a winner.
The idea seemed intriguing when a Train Trip was added to the 1949 calendar of the Walla Walla Cinema & Camera Club, ACL, here in Washington. However, even the most sanguine among us were amazed at the extra benefits which accrued in community good will, increased interest among our members in their club, a welcome addition to the club treasury and new friendships with neighboring clubs. We had visitors with us from Yakima, Pendleton, La Grande and Milton-Freewater.
For our first trip, and as far as we know the first Railfan Trip in the Pacific Northwest, our committee selected the historical run from Walla Walla, through Wallula, down the Columbia River to McNary Dam and Umatilla and return. The Union Pacific Railroad follows the old light-iron road built in 1870, which was the first one in the whole region.
That they didn't take nearly enough pictures was almost a unanimous decision among the still camera mem
HELEN E. KING, ACL, President, Walla Walla Cinema & Camera Club, ACL
bers. With the movie makers, so many films showed exact duplication of views that they are planning to work in teams of two or three on our next venture. Since the trip, to be sure, those who took 16mm. color film have pooled their footage to patch together a club movie of the jaunt which could be sent around to the other groups participating. The huge scrapbook, a very successful feature of the trip, has started visiting the other clubs already. Taken on the train, the book contains the signatures of all aboard, together with associated cartoons, train orders and pictures.
If your club thinks a Train Trip would be fun, don't discard the idea just because it sounds like a lot of responsibility. Thoughtful organization can get anyone working so the preparations will be enjoyable too. A good place to start is to find those in your club who already have been bitten by the rail-fan bug as well as the shutterbug. Hitched to a good committee, their enthusiasm will develop all sorts of interesting angles for the trip.
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COMMAND PERFORMANCE was this run along a Columbia River curve. The smoking steamer was preferred to undramatic Diesel.
END OF THE LINE was Umatilla, Ore., as filmers drift aboard in afternoon. Caboose in passenger consist jarred railroaders.