Burlington Northern F45 #6617 leads C&S and Espee SD40s at Vancouver, WA (1976)

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Item:
1 ea. original transparency / slide, including an unrestricted, non-exclusive license
to use the image as provided below
Film and processing:      Kodachrome / Kodak
Image / Subject:               Burlington Northern F45 #6617 leads Colorado & Southern and Southern Pacific SD40s on BN's Fallbridge Sub
Location:                          Eastbound, departing Vancouver, WA
Date:                                1976
Comments:                     Train #80
Condition of item:          Good; no significant defects observed upon casual inspection;  There is a small emulsion defect visible in the sky portion of the image
This slide has never been projected and it has been stored in an environmentally safe polypropylene storage
sheet since the processing date.
Photographed by:          GREG STADTER
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Additionally, given the collateral effects of the current health pandemic, I am limiting my visits to the Post Office to once a week.  Slides are always mailed directly from a USPS facility to assure that there is a record of shipment and also to reduce the chance that slides get damaged by exposure to excess heat if left in a mailbox, etc.  I live in Phoenix!
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The rate went from around U.S. .15 to .50 for a single first class letter containing one slide !!!!  NOT a domestic business-friendly gesture.
Write to your Senator and Congressman!
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