GP9 #511 w Passenger Train

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I see three men in jackets and ties in conversation on the platform.  One of them doesn’t have on the obligatory (on the RR) hat for all railroad management officials…hmmm.

Brian Gilleran
Herndon, VA




> On Sep 2, 2023, at 11:36 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Hello, John:
> 
> Decatur, Illinois. The former Wabash station is at the right and so the train is heading westbound/southbound, probably going to St. Louis on its final run. WABIC tower is in the background. Probably a trainmaster and/or a road foreman of engines with their characteristic head-wear.
> 
> Those were the days,
> 
> Frank
> 
> Dr. Frank R. Scheer, Curator
> Railway Mail Service Library, Inc.
> f_scheer at yahoo.com
> (540) 837-9090 - daytime cell
> In the 1913 former N&W Railway depot along Clarke County route 723
> 117 East Main Street
> Boyce, VA 22620-9369
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> Does anyone know this location? Direction?
> John Garner, Newport VA
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