What a photograph. The locomotive, the hills in the distance, the engineer climbing down, the caboose for an office, the old Chevy, the train departing, the train order signal. Photos like that are what you work for. Very well done, John
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Ya. And if you lived in that area at that time, another item in the picture is the porta-potty owned and serviced by Cayses Inc. These things were everywhere in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties during the 1970's and I have used them often. God I am old.
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| Posted by J Moller on September 20, 2009 | |
Great photograph. Not to nitpick too much but the caboose is the office of the Train Order Operator who receives his instructions from the dispatcher located in downtown Los Angeles at the Pacific Electric building. For the first few years the Colton Cutoff was operated by train orders and retired cabooses (with their ends painted white so approaching trains would not mistake them for an active caboose) were placed at several sidings between Palmdale and West Colton.
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