For anyone curious, the original image is called “The Popes and the Last Steam Passenger Train” and was taken by O. Winston Link in 1957. It features a N&W class J pulling the last steam-powered passenger train in Max Meadows, VA in the background

https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/32259/mr-and-mrs-benjamin-franklin-pope-watch-the-last-steam-pow

Can anyone tell what he was doing? It looked like he grabbed something off the ground and then took off after realizing they saw him. Just curious

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