Jack Delano rode a number of trains on the Santa Fe railroad during his trip out west in March of 1943. This scene was recorded in the caboose while traveling the run between Waynoka, Oklahoma and Canadian, Texas. Conductor James M. Johnson and Brakeman Jack Torbet have just wrapped up their lunch, with Brakeman Torbet washing down the last of his meal, while Conductor Johnson lights up his cigar.

I like the clever way they have stored a supply of air hose gaskets (seen at upper left), making a holder from a scrap of wire and a pair of those rubber gaskets. And I note that Conductor Johnson has acquired a new broom to keep his caboose tidy.