October 2, 2014, LUX AETERNA: 1943. Brakeman on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in the caboose. By Jack Delano, OWI. Jack Delano sure rode the rails a whole lot during the war. Shorpy has had many, many train photos by him.
Of course, the railroads were a major way of transporting troops, civilians and armaments.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Shorpy Home Front Photos: On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
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OWI,
photographs,
railroads,
Shorpy Photos,
trains
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