Beautiful window into time. Thanks for sharing this gem!
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The picture tells a lot. Judging by his expression, the man must have been a great railfan companion
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I'm willing to bet they had a radio with Ernie Harwell calling the day's or evening's Tigers game in the tower, too. I think the switchtender was waiting for his ride home at 3 PM, following the day trick.
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Another icon the present generation will never experience. Very nice, John
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Funny how he mentions how "hostile" something from the 50's is today. At my workplace the "Toronto Sun Girls" was the order of the day, til the mid late 90's. Times really have changed indeed.
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When things were simple, Priceless!
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