Official inspection

Official inspection

By Angela Cotey | June 20, 2019

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Southern Pacific General Manager W.D. Lamprecht’s business car rides the rear of train No. 28 as it passes the helpers on Extra 6311 West at Midas, Calif., on Donner Pass in October 1957. In the foreground, the conductor of the freight walks forward to inspect his train.
Philip R. Hastings photo

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