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The 69 cars of the 2/SY-2 just pictured added up to enough tonnage to warrant assistance for the 6015, and this assistance was provided, as usual, by the East yard engine. The power assigned to this job turned out to be the 7111, one of the 2000-IP…

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Details in this photograph, made from the east window of the trainmaster's office on the top floor of the hump building, are as follows: the hump lead, with Fairbanks humper 7112 and slug 450 backing off after completing a shove; the fifteen-track…

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The footbridge over the eastbound receiving track affords this view of the hump, as humper 7112 finishes off no. 92 from Kankakee. The south bypass track and pocket are in the foreground (the latter a handy place for special-move cars, do-not-hump…

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with DHT-2a #470 steam heat trailer

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Fairbanks engines often smoked a bit after long periods at idle

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On the hump, hump tower in view
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