Joel Crea Drawings

[Don Pacetti]

Greetings,
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, but I’m still kicking around. That said, and God willing, I’m finally  going to publish the Como photo history book I started years ago. As part of that effort there are several Joel Crea drawings I want to include and I don’t know who to contact for permission. Can someone please point me in the right direction.

[Mike Trent]

Hi Don. Drop me a note to my email at

[e-mail]

I will get you in touch with Joe.

[Southpark]

Don, Good to see your post.  Tom Klinger

[Don Pacetti]

   Greetings, Tom!  Thanks so very much for the kind words. You are a gentleman and a scholar.
   The Pacetti family is heading west, a week from today and 1st big stop is a 3-day visit with my Naval Academy roommate, followed shortly thereafter by a 3-day trip to Coos Bay, OR, to ride the dunes in our Polaris Rzr. I’m old but I’m still a “no guts, no Air Medal, kinda guy🤣.
   After that it’s off to the trails west of Yellowstone, including a trek down the old UPRR right-of -way and a trip to the Paiute Desert Trails in Utah.
   Some time around the 26th of May, Bob Schoppe and I are going to meet and start finalizing the photo library and manuscript for our Como Photo History book. Would love to see you, as well.
   There is a photo of the C&Sng crew husbanding a locomotive on the coaling trestle, that I’d like to use, but I want to make sure I do it properly and get the owner’s permission.
   When I interviewed C&Sng engineer, Andy Anderson, shortly before his passing, the last thing he told me was…”Don, when an old person dies, it’s like a library burning down.” So I want to publish the Echoes of Como Photo History, before “the fire reaches my door.”
   Hope to see you soon, all the best, Don

[Don Pacetti]

Thanks so very much, Mike! It’s totally awesome to converse with you, once again. Hopefully this finds you happy and healthy and thanks a million for the help in contacting Joel.
  I would like to include some of his excellent works on Como infrastructure, in the Drawing Appendix, of our book and I’ll drop you an email, as soon as I leave here.
All the best, Don