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I have a strong feeling that the engineer is leaning out to snag orders and messages from the block operator, by the use of the same contraption to deliver orders to the conductor shown in an earlier photo. Orders and messages are to be delivered to both conductor and engineer.
I was the extra duty operator at Montauk many times. It was a home run of a tour. I've seen that hotel which still stands today. The hotel has some interesting stories of its own. I'd post a link but I forgot its name. Something with an "M"?Love me some Keystone E6s 4-4-2 and G5's 4-6-0's.....
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E6s #1600 freight at Montauk View E 1939....
Photo: Dave Keller
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G5s #22 Morris Park Shops 2/04/38....
Photo: Dave Keller
I was the extra duty operator at Montauk many times. It was a home run of a tour. I've seen that hotel which still stands today. The hotel has some interesting stories of its own. I'd post a link but I forgot its name. Something with an "M"?
Morris Park had a tower of its own, Dunton. Some operators called it "Fort Apache". It was surrounded by tracks with no easy way to get anywhere.
I had beaucoup negatives of towers and equipment long gone. My ex-wife liked the container they were in and pitched them. I regret not deciding to give them to Arrt's Arrchives before realizing they were already gone.
Wild that trains just ran through the middle of towns on ground level.