On Monday, November 17, 2014 2:27:59 PM UTC-5, Phil Kane wrote:   
      
   > In 1980 I had a few days in Chicago and rode the "L" taking pictures   
   > out the railfan windows in the head end car.  When I mentioned where I   
   > went to a friend who grew up there she said "Oh My God, you didn't go   
   > THERE, did you?"  I had no problems.   
      
   In my early days of exploring the subways in NYC, I visited the Bwy-Jct East   
   New York station complex via the LL train and parking at the terminal.  Later   
   I discovered I was in a lousy neighborhood, but while there I had no problems   
   (I stayed upstairs,    
   being too lazy to go down all the way to the street.)   
      
   I understand parts of the complex have since been torn down--the el structure   
   was a very complicated labyrinth--so I gotta dig up my old pictures.   
      
      
   Actually, I wish I got seriously interested in photography when I was still in   
   high school rather than later since there was a lot of neat SEPTA stuff to   
   shoot back then and they weren't as paranoid about photographers as now.  If I   
   had the money, I    
   would've liked to have a full camera system and gotten permission, gone into   
   the subway, and used a tripod/ blue filter/ and Kodachrome II to get nice   
   pictures of the stations and trains.   
      
   I eventually tried a high speed slide film, Ektachrome P800/1600, but it was   
   very grainy.  Later, I used high speed color print film, eg Kodacolor 1000 or   
   Kodacolor 800 and the results were much better.   
      
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