Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Blast from the Past

 This is the 309 Team in 1978.  We're in the smoker of the 321, which served as our workroom.  If I remember correctly, we were working on a project to keep birds from building nests in the ventilators by soldering on some copper wire screen that we had gotten at Tugboat's.  Behind Bob is the case for a lightning arrestor, and which was then used as another storage bin.

Below, the cars are at the southeast corner of Barn 4; the 321 was located where the 306 is now, and the 309 was where the 810 is.  Behind us is part of the scaffolding for working on the roof of the 309.  Our friend Steve Hyett recently dug up these slides and allowed me to borrow them.  Thanks, Steve!  Ah, I remember those times as if it were only yesterday.

Note: These images are copyright by the photographer, Steve Hyett, and may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or modified for purposes of blackmail, ridicule, or other malicious trickery.

3 comments:

David Wilkins said...

Is that a hint of a mustache I see there Randy?

Anonymous said...

I thought photography aboard the "Train of Terror" was expressly prohibited?

(duck :)

David Wilkins said...

I still contend that both photos look like the cover of an album for some 1970s folk rock album.