story of how one day, he had waited trackside near a high bridge over a creek close to Wynchester. He had his tripod set up and was hoping to capture an image of the red locomotives as they crossed the bridge.

To his dismay, the Star had only one diesel on the point of the train. He had photographed it anyway and the photo appeared in his story. He had driven to Wynchester and talked to the agent at the station. The man explained that it was common these days to borrow units from the Star to use on freight runs. Usually, once in Kansas City, they would round up replacements. But sometimes these would be units leased from other railroads and this was not what Rike wanted tothe train still was running. This required a full crew on board. Union rules required that the engine crew be changed every hundred miles. This went back to a time when that was a full day's work. Even at the Star's slow pace, it could make the hundred miles to the division point at Wynchester in three hours.

The engine crew drew a full day's pay for three hours of work. The enterprising crew left an automobile at the station in Wynchester. If all went well, they pulled in at ten thirty. They would hop in their car and were back in Dallas before noon. They had the rest of the day to go fishing, play golf or do nothing. The next day was free until they drove back