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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
Laguna Layover: 1943
March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. train stopping for coal and water. Laguna, New Mexico." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
BrakemEn
It's hard to believe brakemen ran on the tops of cars like that in motion, in all weather. Is that a Jordan spreader just ahead?
Still a Key Freight Route LA to Chicago
To my delight, I found this lovely 2023 video - a BNSF Southern Transcon freight winding around Mesa Gigante, the impressive land formation shown in the Jack Delano transparency. The segment link begins at 40:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2oLSPTi4kU&t=2450s
On the ATSF
From a 1957 topo map, it looks like this is the Marmon water stop at Mesita, just Southeast of Laguna. Notated by the red arrow.
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