Model Railroader Photo of the Day: A summer afternoon in the desert

Model Railroader Photo of the Day: A summer afternoon in the desert

On a hot summer afternoon, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 thunders past a small desert gas station. The attendant, who has operated the station for decades, is so used to the trains that he doesn’t even give this one a glance. Gary Hoover of Florissant, Mo., took the photo on his old HO layout. He printed the image on black-and-white paper and hand-colored it with Marshall photo oils to make the print look like an old color photo. Model Ra…