President Earl Pardini is giving a hand signal to the head end. Mr. George Peck, (w/helmet) trainman/brakeman, just maybe looking for a 'hot box.' Freight cars sometimes get their brakes stuck on. Red hot, then melt, then derailment. There is a cover that one can lift up to check for oil.

Photographed by David Benkart, Jr., March 26, 1988.
Added to the photo archive by David Benkart Jr, January 24, 2008.

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