Strasburg #89 flies past a farm during a Lero special fundraising photoshoot to raise funds to restore a barn that had burned down on the very farm its passing.
The head-end brakeman on the local switch job is dressed in the traditional classic railroader's garb of 1972. The mandatory wearing of bright colored safety vests is still decades away.
The conductor watches as the train is reversing a single covered hopper back onto a side track under highway 80, to the fertilizer plant nearby. On a side note, Happy Fathers Day Weekend to all of... (more)