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Ray Breyer
Staged, but only barely. This is a unit movement exercise made early-ish in the war, and the protocols are a bit different than just a troop or just a vehicle movement. Review ALL of the photos in that group; the guards are riding in the vehicles while the train is moving. Once the train stops the guards get out and stand to their posts. When the train signals that it's about to move again, they all get back into the vehicles. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL
From: "Charlie cvlk@... [STMFC]" To: STMFC@... Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Rare birds Probably staged??? Looks to me that the head end (smoker end of the train) is behind the brakeman's back. Of course, turned around properly, the light would have been "wrong"!! Hope the fireman was aware of the photo session and didn't pass the highball on to the engineer....there would be soldiers all over the place! Charlie Vlk
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Charlie Vlk
Probably staged??? Looks to me that the head end (smoker end of the train) is behind the brakeman's back. Of course, turned around properly, the light would have been "wrong"!! Hope the fireman was aware of the photo session and didn't pass the highball on to the engineer....there would be soldiers all over the place! Charlie Vlk
On Oct 1, 2017, at 5:26 PM, Jim Pickett jimpick2001@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:
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Tony Thompson
Jim Pickett wrote:
Absolutely. My thought as well. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; e-mail, tony@... Publishers of books on railroad history
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Jim Pickett
My bet is that the whole scene was just staged for the camera including the "highball"
Jim Pickett
On Sunday, October 1, 2017, 3:28:39 PM EDT, 'Charles Morrill' badlands@... [STMFC] wrote:
I wonder the odds of that sentry still standing like that when the slack
runs out.
Charlie
What are the odds of a Life
photographer capturing one of the Virginian's 15 50' flat cars loaded with
military equipment in Louisiana? I don't think he chose that car for it's
rarity, rather the action of the KCS trainman giving the highball in front of
the 77th Division sentry.
John Barry
ATSF North Bay Lines
Golden Gates & Fast Freights
Lovettsville, VA
707-490-9696
PO Box 44736
Washington, DC
20026-4736
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Charles Morrill
I wonder the odds of that sentry still standing like that when the slack
runs out.
Charlie
From: John
Barry northbaylines@... [STMFC]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 12:03 PM
To: STMFC YahooGroup
Subject: [STMFC] Rare birds What are the odds of a Life
photographer capturing one of the Virginian's 15 50' flat cars loaded with
military equipment in Louisiana? I don't think he chose that car for it's
rarity, rather the action of the KCS trainman giving the highball in front of
the 77th Division sentry.
John Barry
ATSF North Bay Lines
Golden Gates & Fast Freights
Lovettsville, VA
707-490-9696
PO Box 44736
Washington, DC
20026-4736
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John Barry
What are the odds of a Life photographer capturing one of the Virginian's 15 50' flat cars loaded with military equipment in Louisiana? I don't think he chose that car for it's rarity, rather the action of the KCS trainman giving the highball in front of the 77th Division sentry. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736
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