Gas electric railcar #215 at Birchwood yards. Photographer Gene Adoline
was an enlisted man in the Army at Ft. Richardson in 1954. Of his
photograph, he recalls, "I knew not what this unit was but I did recognize
the fact that it was unusual. I posed in the picture. This unit was
in a yard that had all sorts of old equipment which appeared to be stored
and awaiting disposition. If I would have had any idea of the value
of the old equipment stored here, I would have burnt up a lot of Kodak
Film. Alas. being young and on the move, I was lucky to have gotten
what I have."
Photo courtesy of Gene Adoline