life:From the May 2, 1938 feature - TRACKS AND TRAINS—"The Southern Serves The South&

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From the May 2, 1938 feature - TRACKS AND TRAINS—"The Southern Serves The South" From The Potomac To The Gulf Of Mexico. According to LIFE (in 1938) - “The railroads of America are in the midst of the worst crisis in their history—yet thousands of trains are still running over hundreds of thousands of miles of track. Day after day the carriers’ financial plight fills column after column in the newspapers—yet real wrecks are few and far between.” This image ran in a section about the sights and signals from an engine cab on the Charlotte Division with the following caption: “STOP: Brakeman swings his arm horizontally. At 33, Christian, with ten years of service, is the youngest train-crew member who is holding a regular job on the entire Charlotte Division.” (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #Trains #LIFEmagazine #AlfredEisenstaedt
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