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Steam, Armed Forces Day 1968 / 2-8-0 Coal burning hand fired; rough day, fireman Nugent in window

Diesel, 10/25/68 SW-8, Lee Hall switcher, engineer Nugent

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Helper SLO engineer Nugent '73

Helper SLO engineer Nugent '73

Helper SLO engineer Nugent '69

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Crew change SLO:
Inbound - engineer Nugent (on ladder), fireman Keyser (in blue, on ground) from Santa Barbara.
Outbound - engineer McCallif (plaid shirt), fireman (unknown)

Oct '76 - No. 832 Smokie engineer Nugent

Oct '76 - No. 832 Smokie engineer Nugent

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Nudge, you win! What history! Thanks for posting. Got any more??
Norm Olaine

Thanks for the military shot. I entered the Army in 1968. Lots of things were changing at that time. Take a look at the uniforms. They had WHITE name tags on the shirts. The tag on the other side was black with GOLD "U. S. ARMY." The unit insignia was in bright bold colors. Rank was indicated by GOLD stripes on both arms and the uniform was a solid color. We were issued WHITE underwear. The solid color, Olive Drab uniforms were not all that bad but all of those other things "targets." White t-shirts at the neckline was like advertising, "Hey, Here I am." About the time these photos were taken, the camo type uniforms were being used in Viet Nam. Subdued rank and unit insignias were being phased in and rank was indicated by a small pin on the collar of the shirt.

Sunday is Veterans Day. Take time to thank a vet.

John

Whoa...some really classic stuff there Nudge!

just looking at the t-nails, 1,2,3, and 7 all appear to be stand out images.

I think I'll be seeing one of these as a winner of some sort.

good stuff !!

~ jeff

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jeffrey bass
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Back in the day big time! How long were you in the military and railroading

From 67 to 69 Army, SP 1969 to? Still on the seniority list but was B/Oed a few years ago.


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