"Last Hoorah!" Shortly before the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society began the FRA required 15 year rebuild of AT&SF #3751 they hosted a night photo shoot at the Amtrak 8th Street Yard. During the evening #3751 was posed in various scenes on the original Santa Fe turntable in the Amtrak maintenance facility.
This was the beautiful Baldwin's last 'pose' of the evening before heading into her storage track, and what a glorious pose it was... Simmering in the cool night air, cylinder cocks open, and the bell ringing as she starts to roll off the turntable.
Railroading is a 24 hour a day business, that never sleep. From sunset to sunrise the railroad must run. These image are taken by some of the best rail photographer out their.
