Most locomotive portrait artists were consummate professionals who didn't allow things like light poles--or old ladies--to obscure their subject.  Whoever took this photo wasn't on his game apparently.  The old lady--a rather comical figure, is she not?--is probably the photographers wife, but I like to think she's lost and wandering around the Cincinnati Union Terminal service area looking for the ticket window.  The locomotive, for those who care, is C&O Pacific type #492.  Photo dated July, 1937.  View full size.
Most locomotive portrait artists were consummate professionals who didn't allow things like light poles--or old ladies--to obscure their subject. Whoever took this photo wasn't on his game apparently. The old lady--a rather comical figure, is she not?--is probably the photographers wife, but I like to think she's lost and wandering around the Cincinnati Union Terminal service area looking for the ticket window. The locomotive, for those who care, is C&O Pacific type #492. Photo dated July, 1937. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos