My Best Day: 10/12/75
The Union Paciifc 8444 (as it was numbered then) pulls a damaged Southern Pacific 4449 in Freedom Train paint from Omaha to Cheyenne, WY to the shops for more work. I'm riding in the cab of the 4449 with my dad on a glorious Indian Summer day from Omaha to Grand Island, NE.
I had been wanting to scan this for a long time. When I grabbed it, I realized - it's 35 years later to the day! And today's weather was quite similar to 10/12/75.
BTW - we had an impressive lunch in the VP's business car at the end of the train and rode a U-50 back.
My Best Day: 10/12/75
The Union Paciifc 8444 (as it was numbered then) pulls a damaged Southern Pacific 4449 in Freedom Train paint from Omaha to Cheyenne, WY to the shops for more work. I'm riding in the cab of the 4449 with my dad on a glorious Indian Summer day from Omaha to Grand Island, NE.
I had been wanting to scan this for a long time. When I grabbed it, I realized - it's 35 years later to the day! And today's weather was quite similar to 10/12/75.
BTW - we had an impressive lunch in the VP's business car at the end of the train and rode a U-50 back.