Day 235 Chillicothe, Illinois

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Day 254 - Friday September 11, 2009

March 1943 - Chillicothe, Illinois

"Changing crews and cabooses of a westbound freight along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad."

Doug enjoys looking at photos of past times. The website Shorpy.com specializes in prewar photos from interested people and public sources. This photo and the following comment caught Doug's eye and he would like to share it with you.

"Since the picture was labeled as Chillicothe, it would most likely be that we are seeing the helper engine coupling onto a westbound Santa Fe train that is about to climb Edelstein Hill. After the shove up the hill, the helper and crew would back down from Edelstein to the Chillicothe Yard. This line was/is double track. Besides the engine crew, the helper would have carried a flagman (brakeman)."

Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information.