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Taken on the same morning and in almost the same spot as the previous picture, this one shows an extra east pulling through town behind a dirt-caked L-2, the 2936. The plume in the background indicates, as before, excessive steam pressure on the yard…

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Number 81, a pickup run from Indianapolis to Kankakee, eases through the depot at Lafayette behind L-2 no. 2847. The train continued across the Wabash River bridge, just west of the depot, then stopped after about 35 of its 59 cars had gone by. This…

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The so-called 'Cairo' line of the Big Four, running for 260 miles from Danville to Cairo, has stagnated badly in the years since World War II. Its greatest glory, of course, was during the seven month period in 1943 when the 'Big Inch' pipeline…

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The 2825 pulls past the depot at Mount Carmel, headed into the yard with train CA-5 southbound. This symbol, with variations, covers all manifest services from Chicago to Cairo, which amount to very little - a train a day for the Indiana Division at…

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Freight north by tower

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Freight departing north

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Taking water, north

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Coal drag off Erie onto PRR

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3/4 right side

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