Nostalgia & History > Hotshot into a frosty sunset

How’s your weather? Is it HOT in your neck-o-the-woods? Is that humidity just plain oppressive? Have ya got the Summertime Blues? Here’s a scene that oughtta cool ya down a few notches! Just imagine riding in this waycar behind Santa Fe’s flagship train 188. You’ll be rolling along at what we Kansas Gangsters used to call: “On the GO, at SEVEN-OH!” Translated, that’s 70 MPH. It might be an enjoyable ride IF… the windows & doors on your waycar seal up halfway decently. IF… that diesel stove down below is working properly. And IF… you don’t have to go out and check out some mechanical defect along the way.

Enjoy that salmon-hued sunset while you can! What little heat that sun is providing will be gone in a few precious minutes…

1. AT&SF waycar 999544 trails 10-Packer train 188 F-1 through the cross-over plant at Merrick on the west side of Emporia, KS on February 6, 1982.

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/22 21:06 by santafe199.

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They don't come any better than that...deserves to be on a calender!...THX

This is really fine Lance.

Gary R Clark
Griffith, Indiana

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one awesome pic.  what a great way to earn a living inside there..........

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OutStanding

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Really  nice...thanks for sharing.

Weather in Bay Area very pleasant this weekend. Moderate tempertures forecast close to SF Bay and low 90's inland.
Thanks, as always Lance, for your terrific contributions. Have a great 4th weekend with your family! And the same to all TO'ers!

Mike

Love that shot, Lance!

Randy Lundgren

Ditto!

Knockout shot!
 

besides the whole image =being good i like the way the red n=marker is lit in the darkness of the back of the caboose ...

Really NICE shot! It cooled me off from our heat wave.

Larry