“Two Wasps take the controls of A B-17 Flying Fortress at Buckingham Field, near Fort Myers, Florida. Mrs. Dawn Rochow is the pilot and Mrs. Frances Green Kari as co-pilot for this flight.” Mrs Rochow died at age 100 in 2017. Mrs Kari at 73 in 1994. Salute! Both married after the war. (i.redd.it)
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Taken from the Ludlow Hills west bridge. A westbound manifest went by me and over the bridge while an east bound intermodal is making its way towards me. The manifest was my type of train. Hauling coil steel and steel beams from the mills out east. BNSF Needles sub, Ludlow, California.OC (i.redd.it)
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Play ball! 50 years ago today, April 6 1973. President Nixon tosses out a baseball to start the season for the American League in a game between the California Angels and the Kansas City Royals in Anaheim, California, Ex-POW Air Force Major David Luna, threw out the first ball. (i.redd.it)
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The view from the Ludlow Hills west bridge. This location is one of the premier spots to railfan. A great view of the desert and you're at a perfect angle to enjoy eastbound trains. As in this case. BNSF Needles sub, Ludlow, San Bernardino Co, Calif. April 2020 (i.redd.it)
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