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Train second SY-2
The 2378 drifts down Guilford Hill at Code with Second 90, an Indianapolis-Sharon run. (The hill is identified by the name of the little town about 5 1/2 miles upgrade from Lawrenceburg Junction.) This rolling, wooded section of Southeastern Indiana…
Train no. KI-2
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…
Train no. CC-3
In the 18 miles between Wade, the tower at the vost end of Riverside Yard, and Lawrenceburg Junction, the main line of the Indiana Division curves through the Ohio River valley on an almost level gradient. In the next 17 miles between Lawrenceburg…
Train no. CA-5 headed for Cairo
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…
Train no. 81
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…
Train DJ-5
Mohawk type 2993 leads DJ-5, a Detroit-Joliet run oriented towards Santa Fe, Rock Island, and GM&O connections at Joliet, out of Junction Yard onto the westbound main. The bridges in the background carry Miller Road (from whence the crossovers at…
Steam Freight Train #2799 at Rochester, NY
Livestock cars up front
Right front 3/4 view
The ultimate in 4-8-2s on the NYC was the L-4 class. With their 72-inch drivers and roller-bearing driving journals, they were right at home on a passenger train, although they, too, were restricted to a conservative 70 MPH. (All other L classes had…
Right front 3/4 view
Begrimed no. 2936 above, a class L-2d engine, differs very little from her 'cousin' of class L-2c, the 2803 just pictured. Both have the following specifications: cylinders, 27x30 in.; drivers, 69 in.; pressure, 225 lbs.; tractive force, 60, 620…
Right front 3/4 view
While the J-engines (the J-1s in particular) were the bellwethers of the NYC's fleet of high-speed passenger engines, the L-engines (especially the L-2s) were the workhorses of its roster of freight power. There were 300 L-2s, all turned out by Alco…
On turntable
Number 74’s power, the 3115, backs out on the table at South Anderson. Inside the house are two sister L-4s, the 3132 and 3135, and at Elkhart off no. 74 of the previous day is the 3128. All four were transferred to the Big Four from the Michigan…
Light for westbound extra
The fireman is busy with stoker and blower as this 4-8-2 moves light from Livernois Avenue roundhouse to the "Train Yard" to pick up a Jackson extra. The engine is operating over a track known as "Running 35," which, together with its eastbound…
Left front 3/4 view
In 1940, Alco delivered another batch of 4-8-2s to the NYC. These were designated class L-3 and numbered 3000-3064. All of them were equipped with steam-heat pipes and were used extensively in passenger service, especially during World War II when…
In front of 'square house'
The nearest thing in NYC steam to the progressive principle of a diesel fueling facility was the 'square house' at DeWitt. Located west of the yard along the Lake Line, this rectangular building housed four through tracks with pits and provided quick…
Fireman's side
This is the last of the portraits taken at Shelby Street. It was held out purposely to the end of the series to dispel any impression -- which night well have been created by the preceding pictures -- that Shelby Street was not a real engine terminal…