Large Scale Central

Railroad Workers from Late '30s & early '40s

Reference
#1

I like to use the Library of Congress photo collections for reference when painting figures. Here is a small sampling of some of the photos of railroad workers in the American Memory FSA/OWI collection. Notice that there were female railroad workers during the war years. The entire collection is at

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

Bob

#2

Cool, Thanks,Bob

#3

Boomer,

There is a complete series of photos in the FSA/OWI collection taken in and around Pie Town, NM.

Bob

#4

Notice no PINK or Neon Green!
Great pics

#5

Great pictures Bob. It’s funny but the third picture down from the start looks like the guy is holding a cell phone in his right hand.

#6

No, that’s the Radio Control Tx co he can operate his locomotive. :slight_smile:

#7

Good ideas for figure models…hint, hint Richard!

#8

Chuck Inlow said:

Great pictures Bob. It’s funny but the third picture down from the start looks like the guy is holding a cell phone in his right hand.

And his pet rabbit is under his elbow! You can just see the ears!

I suspect that was his striker for a spark to light the torch…

#9

Great pics, Bob. Thanks for posting them.

-Kevin.