Link to Mopac Barriger photos

[peggyrothschild]

Here’s a link to the John Barriger photos of the Mopac. Just note several of the views were scanned backwards.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/72157640334195673/page7/

and his I-GN photos..
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/72157641134680925/

And other railroads he covered.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/

[elsaanderson820]

From the smoke, many of these might have been from the back of a moving train.

[luisflierl26]

Yes they were mostly shot from the back platform of a business car. Barriger travelled the country taking photos of railroad infrastructure for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

[peggyrothschild]

David
Has anyone published when these were taken? Negative IGN 109 has a Mopac diesel switcher in the shot. I’d thought most were in the mid-1930’s but the early EMD switcher would place it later.

[luisflierl26]

Most were taken in the 1930’s, but he was an avid photographer throughout his entire career working for several railroads, and probably usually travelled by business car. I believe some later ones are also in color. If you need a date on a specific photo, I’m sure Nick Fry could help with that. The later photos are usually more specific to whatever railroad he worked for at that time.

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