Richard,
Yes I have had this happen and know of several other railfans that
also have encounterd this. My most recent episode involved shots of the
BNSF 9297 on the 199 train in and around the Franklin Canyon area and
Richmond areas. I had framets 1-22 and then frame 34 and that was it!!!
No scraps or even a note. I called Kodalux from the store that I get my
film processed through and asked what was up. They gave me a vague
answer that perhaps the frames were not exposed and the technician
didn"t want excessive film in the box to scratch the other slides. I was
very upset to say the least. Fortunately I had also shot the same shots
on Fuji film and that stuff went to the pro-lab.
On another occasion I had pretty much the same thing happen, but this
time Kodalux put a nasty-gram in the box saying that my camera had
damaged the roll and they did what they could to salvage it. They also
said on their form letter that I should have my camera checked by a
factory technician. Again there was no damaged film scraps enclosed in
the box. I again called Kodalux and asked about the incident. The
response was the old run-around. I quoted their form letter that I
should have my camera checked by a technician, and asked how I was
supposed to have the body checked with no damaged film to show them what
the body was doing???
This roll was the 15th roll of 27 rolls exposed on the trip, and the
only one to contain shots of the Santa Fe FP45 in fresh Redand Silver
warbonnet colors. I have never been able to reshoot those things in
decent light since!!!
However, I did get a free roll of film both times, but unfortunately it
was Kodachrome 200. The rolls lost were both Profesional Kodachrome 25.
I think I still have those 2 rolls of K200 somewhere in the back corner
of my fridge.
John Black
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