Such an awesome photo, we are so fortunate that Jack Delano used Kodachrome back then.
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| Posted by Tom on February 9, 2024 | |
This photo has it all. I'm going to be studying it for quite a while. Memories aplenty.....
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A very, very interesting scene! Thank you for posting this photo.
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Excellent ! such an historical photo.
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There's about a million interesting details in this well done shot. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow, such quality, detail and color over eighty years old! The stories and history captured here are priceless. Kodachrome 10?
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Purpose of the Visor ?
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Great shot George. It is a rare photo as I remember reading that the government frowned upon taking photos
during the war for security reasons.Best regards. PS you have a very impressive collection of train photos.
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Nice to see this color image. So many classic elements to it. Almost looks like a movie set!
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Despite the crush of war traffic, Santa Fe's finest still looks pretty sharp as the hard-working units are watered and fueled. Note that the pilot appears freshly painted but the upper parts of the locomotive are sooty from the steam locomotive helpers over Raton Pass.
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Believe I saw this photo either on the cover of or in Trains Magazine at some point!
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| Posted by joe on February 9, 2024 | |
Two fuel hoses per locomotive, and one high pressure air hose per tank car - per locomotive to force the fuel into the fuel tanks faster. The high pressure air is supplied by the locomotives. These guys are working at a fast pace while the passengers get on and get off. Kid walking right in the middle between the two fueling diesels, so carefree. Lots of other action to stare at too. This is excellent.
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Incredible photo.
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| Posted by xBNSFer on February 10, 2024 | |
The visor would be for the purpose of reducing the visibility of the headlight from aircraft, even though the risk of aerial attack on the US was low due to the distances over oceans required to be traversed in order to place our mainland within reach of the Axis powers.
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Great photo - looks like a father/son watching the action from near the pilot, the as-noted young man standing in the midst of the hoses (hands in pockets) obviously interested in what's going on. I can pick out at least three other gentleman watching the action. And what's not to be interested in? This is the Indy 500 pit stop of railroading with a bit of everything happening. Crew change, refuel, baggage and passengers loading (lots of passengers).
Such a great capture of days past.
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| Posted by BUFFIE on February 13, 2024 | |
So much to take in with this amazing photo! Fantastic shot!
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What a gem of a photo! Thank you so much for posting, a ton of history here. Stop and smell the roses folks.
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| Posted by Andrew on February 15, 2024 | |
When I showed this photo to my friends in my Model Railway Club, a couple of them involved with Health and Safety on the Railway nearly had a heart attack. This photo is absolutely full of interest, Thank you.
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So much history in this one photograph. In 1943, world war two began to turn in favor of the allies and against the axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The invasion of Sicily was in the works and FDR was the first U.S. president to travel by air to the Casablanca conference that set the course for the end of WW2. Seen here in this photo is something of historical significance. The diesel-electric locomotives and the fuel being supplied to them. This is something that Germany and Japan could not do. They were reliant on coal and steam locomotion; diesel was, for the most part, unavailable to them. Only the U.S. had the ability and resources to provide this kind of motive power on the scale needed to win the war. Most likely, further back in the photo, there are military personnel boarding the train to take them into their place in history. So many thoughts run through my mind when I see photographs like this from this time period.
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Four fuel hoses, 4 units? Reminds me of a Daytona 500 pit stop.
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| Posted by Nuc on February 23, 2024 | |
Such wonderful detail. A couple of favorites: the tops of the dual-engine locomotives with the plume of steam from the train heating boiler, and almost everyone is wearing a hat.
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| Posted by xBNSFer on February 25, 2024 | |
Remember the E-units (aside from some "specialist" units) had two (8 cylinder, 1000 hp) diesel engines, but the same 1200 gallon fuel tank as F-units (with a single 16 cylinder 1500 hp engine). They probably had the second filler spigot to speed up refueling, since it had to be done more frequently than on contemporary 4,000+ gallon fuel tank diesels.
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