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A mail and express train, soon to overtake the previously pictured freight.

Photographed by Ken Patton, August, 1966.
Added to the photo archive by Ken Patton, December 31, 2019.
Railroad: Pennsylvania.

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Great photo! Passenger trains were way more interesting pre-Amtrak especially when the RRs still carried large amounts of US Mail and REA express. I notice in this picture and your previously posted SD40 photo that somebody is burning RR ties along the RoW!

Posted by John Barlow on 2019-12-31 16:29:57


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