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WOW!!!!! Thanks for posting this wonderful winter photo Paul. No switch heaters 60 years ago, just hard working men keeping the railroad operational. This activity is captured so well. Not much protection provided by that speeder.
Fascinating look at the past. All the switch stand lamps in yards must have taken a .lot of maintenance. Great shot, Paul.
Thanks for the comments guys! My dad was the section foreman based out of Concord when he snapped this photo.
The canvas front on that old ‘one-lunger’ motor car provided just enough protection to keep one from freezing during track travel. The addition of fully enclosed cabs as standard equipment on inspection and section cars was still quite a few years away.
It was not too long after he took this shot that he was transferred to Hornepayne as Roadmaster. That’s when we learned what a long, cold, snowy winter was really like!
Wonderful scene, Paul.
Ahhnold – you should know all about the lamps, you have 4 or 5 in your garage.
BEM’r: Sh-h-h-h-h-h !!!
Beautiful reflection into history…!
Thanks Todd. 64 years ago next month! It’s sure shows railroading in a much different light than people see today. No fancy equipment, no safety gear, no radios, just good, hard working railway men. My dad would have been 31 when he snapped that pic.