A railway brakeman standing atop a train in March 1943. The caption for this photo says it was taken near Cajon, California.Explains photographer Jack Delano: "Brakemen ride the trains in this way during the entire descent from Summit to San Bernardino."
One wonders what today's health and safety authorities would say about such a practice :-)
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