One crew member (the conductor I assume) is down on the ground inspecting BN 7830's eastbound train while the engineer is out on the 'front porch' of BNSF 1117 (C44-9W). There was a time before hot box detectors and dragging equipment detectors when this inspection was a requirement when a train had to stop for a meet. With no caboose crew to signal on the rear of either train and frequent detector inspections, I doubt this happened nearly as often by 1997. It's good to see the old ways still had a place in this modern meet at Bazar, KS

Photographed by Warren Beckwith, November, 1997.
Added to the photo archive by Warren Beckwith, October 29, 2021.
Railroad: BNSF.

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