Reply to "Timeless Photography: What's your opinion?"

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Rob Leese posted:
A MoPac guy posted this on Face Book, and I showed it to the Frisco groups...it generated a flood of positive comments. For people who had the opportunity to railroad pre-1990's, this photo evokes good memories.
"The brakeman on Frisco Train 337, the northbound Local from Wichita to Ellsworth, KS, locks the gate after crossing the Mop Pueblo Line at Frederick, KS. 1978." Glenn Diehl Photo

Boy, oh boy, that is timeless Great Plains railroading. Crossings at grade on the great number of Kansas and Oklahoma branch lines were typically protected by a swinging gate. If one of the lines was signaled (as was the MoPac in this photo) the gate would have a controller box attached to it, to set the signals to Stop.

5/22/1710:07 AM

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