Keeping an eye on things

From the vantage point of his tower, the switchman observes the short freight leaving the yard. The square building located roughly dead-center in this photograph is the WR&N yard office. Most of the structures were scratchbuilt following the venerable old book Easy to Build Model Railroad Structures by Willard V. Anderson (Kalmbach, 1958). The bobber caboose was cut down from my original Postage Stamp train set caboose; it still exists today, visible at the back of this pinhole photograph.

Image specs: Daylight slide film and a 100-watt desk lamp do not make a good combination. Despite this, the color in this particular image is about the best of the lot.

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