The other day Tom McDaniel came across this picture entitled REBEL TROOP TRAIN. It is a badly faded photo postcard numbered 1141. That is its only identification.
Two of the cattle cars are from the Rock Island and the gondola carries the letters E. P. & S. R. Some of the men in the gon appear to be wearing sombreros. Do you think that the picture might have been snapped during a Mexican Revolution? If so, where? And when? Any info you web surfers pass along will be appreciated. Thanks.
George S. Bangs (1826-1877) invented the railway mail car, a likeness of which appears on his grave stone in Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.
Thanks, Matt, for the use of this photo from your web site devoted to Chicago Cemeteries which can be visited by clicking on the copyright notice under the photo.
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