An eastbound Chief, coming down from the Cajon Pass between Barstow and San Bernardino, California. The brakemen back then walked the tops of trains setting brakes in all kinds of weather. Jack Delano in 1943. Library of Congress collection.
I saw that on a school field trip in 1967 and could have spent the entire day at that one exhibit. Well, that and the Pioneer Zephyr, which was displayed outside back then. I returned with my family in 2013 to find that the layout had been completely rebuilt and the Zephyr had been moved indoors.
NYC 999, too. She doesn't get enough respect. ATSF 2903 wound up in the museum in Union, Ill. Not exactly climate controlled comfort like the other two, but at least she had a roof over her head(s) last I saw her a few years ago.
Cafe-parlor obs 1512. These cars were a comfort on several of the Santa Fe's lighter name trains, like the Oil Flyer and (as seen here) the Centennial State.
WWI was winding down, and so were the careers of many Consolidations. Rear headlight makes for a useful switcher. Trinidad, Colorado. The coach train called Scout was running thirteen cars this day in 1928. Too heavy for one of the road's older, lighter Pacifics, they used two to haul it.
My, my, look at all that sand settled on the car from flying up and blowing around out there in the desert! Doug
I also see an Omaha Road boxcar in the background to the right of the 2-8-0 at Trinidad. Pretty neat.
