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Richwood Depot: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/02/2023 - 4:23pm.
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September 1942. Richwood, West Virginia. "Baltimore & Ohio train will take 300 men and women recruited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in day coaches to harvest crops in New York State." Photo by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Extra Room on Top or in the Tender
Submitted by Phare Pleigh on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 9:10am.
With a single coach assigned to this train, (even with rotating seats and scratchy upholstery seen in a related photo) for comfort, let's hope additional trains were assigned to move 300 people!
[Why would you think there's only one coach? - Dave]
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