Pacific on a freight train
Lehigh Valley 4-6-2 2055 is at Freeville, New York, at the head of the daily freight from Auburn, New York, to Sayre, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1940. The railfans visible in the photo are off a special from Rochester, out of sight in order to clear the freight.
Black Diamond Rear of New York–Buffalo Black Diamond at Sayre, Pa., circa late 1930s–early 1940s.
Lehigh Valley PA-1 #604 heads off to the scrapper as it departs Sayre, Pennsylvania behind an SW1 on October 4, 1963.
The Kiss of Life by Rocco Morabito, 1967
This 1967 award-winning photo entitled “Kiss of Life” photo shows two power linemen, Randall Champion and J. D. Thompson, at the top of a utility pole. They had been performing routine maintenance when Champion brushed one of the high voltage lines at the very top. These are the lines that can be heard “singing” with electricity. Over 4000 volts entered Champion’s body and instantly stopped his heart (an electric chair uses about 2000 volts).
His safety harness prevented a fall, and Thompson, who had been ascending below him, quickly reached him and performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He was unable to perform CPR given the circumstances, but continued breathing into Champion’s lungs until he felt a slight pulse, then unbuckled his harness and descended with him on his shoulder. Thompson and another worker administered CPR on the ground, and Champion was moderately revived by the time paramedics arrived.
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Pocket watch retrieved from a Titanic victim. It had stopped at 02:28, a few minutes after its owner went into the icy Atlantic water.
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Recycling this oldie-but-goodie - Senator William Brock showing off his pipe-smoking skills during a Congressional hearing in 1985. A total natural.
Jack Carson and Jane Wyman for Peter Godfrey‘s MAKE YOUR OWN BED (1944)
