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These are from a fellow who worked on the MKT when he was a 16 year of kid (1943) out of Parsons, Kansas with a group of my high school buddies from Caney, Kansas. He was eventually promoted to "timekeeper" on the work gang and got to run up and down the track checking on different gangs.
You had to know the schedules of passenger and freight trains so you could "set off" on a siding at the appropriate time, otherwise you were in danger of getting smacked.
Old rail inspection car photos (all classics, for sure)
Most appear to be from Canadian lines.
