Stock Photo Update #12

Special Update - Summer 1998

Copyright © 1998 Ernest H. Robl

A newsletter for picture editors and researchers

My Telephone and Fax Numbers Have Changed; Please Update Your Records with the New Data

Due to a move to a new location, I now have new telephone and fax numbers, as shown below. This move provides more space for my business and many other advantages. However, my post office box and electronic mail addresses will remain the same.

The new location will not only provide more space for my growing stock collection—currently in the range of 40,000 images—but will also allow better organization of the large volume of reference materials (on railroads and other transportation subjects and on North Carolina and Virginia) which back up my stock collection.

I realize many of you may have my promotional material, including sheets with color images and subject lists, on file. Unfortunately, logistics prevent me from immediately replacing all of this material with new copies with the new telephone numbers.

As this material is normally sent out in stapled packages of multiple sheets, I would suggest that you at least correct the telephone numbers on the top sheet. New promotional material sent out in the future will, of course, have the updated information.

I regret any inconvenience this change may cause for you. However, after some 25 years in an apartment—in fact the same apartment, with the same telephone number—the move to a house will provide many advantages.

(A few years ago, I moved my business post office box to a more convenient post office after a variety of problems with the previous post office. Again, this mailing address remains the same and should continue for the foreseeable future.)

Though the Post Office Box address at the top of this newsletter remains my preferred mailing address, you may also need to return material to me by courier services, such as FedEx or Airborne. For such shipments, you will also need to update my street address:

Please use this address only for courier deliveries and not for routine correspondence.

Some of you may find that this street address is already in your records. For FedEx shipments made within the last few weeks, I have already used the Elmwood Ave. address as the return address, as there was someone already at that address who would accept packages for me.

If you haven't visited recently, please check out my Web site

My Web site (http://www.robl.w1.com) continues to grow. It's at the same location in cyberspace where it's always been—and will continue at that location.

Recent additions include more North Carolina, Virginia, and transportation-related images.

You'll also find the latest versions of the texts of all my subject lists and policy sheets available online. Back issues of this newsletter are also available.

Look for new images on the site in mid July.

As reported in the two previous newsletters, I’m working to assure that my already extensive coverage of North Carolina remains up to date.

New and updated subjects from the past year (some mentioned in the last newsletter) include:

• Charlotte: New skyline photos and photos from the downtown area.
• Durham: New skyline photos with old tobacco warehouse in foreground and modern downtown buildings in background.
• Kinston: Sign at airport for Global Transpark, a planned industrial park centering on the airport. (Unfortunately, the sign itself is the only sign of progress at this site.)
• Salisbury: Photos of the restored train station; photos of video monitoring equipment used for recording violators at a dangerous railroad crossing. Also additional photos from the N.C. transportation museum at nearby Spencer.
• Raleigh: In addition to new skyline photos reported in a previous newsletter, I’ve added more aviation photos from Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
• Wilson: Photos of tobacco sales warehouses during the tobacco sales season; photos of the newly restored train station.

Other recent photos come from Rocky Mount, Apex and several locations in South Carolina.

Additional photos from the Asheville area are currently at the top of the priority list and should be available shortly after you receive this newsletter.

Two examples of recent stock photo sales (a very abbreviated list due to limited space):

• Railway Age: An illustrated feature article on safety coordination between railroads and emergency response agencies.
• Odyssey: Photo of high-speed French TGV trains for this children’s science publication.

The systematic update of N.C. stock coverage is continuing

I also plan another trip to the Powder River Basin of Wyoming within the next year as part of my project documenting railroads in that area.

To get the main mailing of this edition of the newsletter out as quickly as possible, I'm not including any images in this newsletter. As noted on the previous page, you can, of course, find many sample images on my Web site.

Until next time, —Ernest

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