Western Railroad Discussion > Rear end memories

As a westbound rolls through Truckee the conductor prepares to grab up the trains orders. Another crew member takes in the view from the rear on a spring day in 1962. Aside from giving a wave to the head end crew a smiling face and a wave was always expected at the end of a passing train. The feeling just isnt the same as you watch the rear of some containers rolling off into the distance. I was wondering if any of you photographers out there have a FRED section on your website.

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photobob wrote:

> Rear end memories

I'm not going to touch that.

I'd touch it but I thought he meant something else...

Just like a skirt, its not the FRED that's important--its what its attached to that matters.

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Yikes Bob, I have some great ones but I can't print this kind of stuff here. The discussion board police would ban me forever.

Don Winslow
http://www.donwinslow.net

donwinslow wrote:

> I have some great ones but I can't print this kind
> of stuff here.

Now I'll touch those.

Forty one years later the gas station is still there ( I think its a Chevron), only pumping 2.49 unleaded instead of .23 leaded gas. Times have indeed changed...

photobob wrote:

> As a westbound rolls through Truckee the conductor prepares
> to grab up the trains orders. Another crew member takes in the
> view from the rear on a spring day in 1962. Aside from giving a
> wave to the head end crew a smiling face and a wave was always
> expected at the end of a passing train. The feeling just isnt
> the same as you watch the rear of some containers rolling off
> into the distance. I was wondering if any of you photographers
> out there have a FRED section on your website.

Maybe if they started painting them or something, like they use to do with fire hydrants... At least then each one would be unique :-) Still don't know if it would be worth wasting a shot though.

Dave D.
Los Angeles, CA

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daved wrote:

> Maybe if they started painting them or something,
> like they use to do with fire hydrants

Who would nominate brown as an appropriate color on a rear end?