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freight station at Elkhart, IN
LS&MS freighthouse at Commercial St.
Facilities at Elkhart, IN
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The outline of East 152nd Street bridge is barely visible in the right background to the right of Collinwood roundhouse and beyond a pair of E7s (which are attached to no.59). This picture and three others in the Cleveland series were made from the…
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The little shanty below is the operators’' refuse at C&P Crossing. The designation "C&P" stems from the fact that the line of the Pennsylvania which bisects the NYC at this point was originally the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Rail Road before it was…
Big Four Wye Junction
The partially-completed mail hall is prominent in the view of the Lakefront from Lakeside Boulevard viaduct. Railroad-wise, this location is known as Big Four Wye Junction. The tracks entering the picture on the left are the old CCC&StL mains, which…
SL Tower, Short Line Junction
The nine miles of former Big Four right of way between Clark Avenue on the east and Berea on the wet are much more important in the Cleveland Terminal scheme of things than the Front Street-Clark Avenue stretch, whose usefulness has just been…
East end of yard
This is the east end of Rockport yard as seen from the Security Analysts’ special. There are a total of 37 tracks, bounded on the south by eastbound Belt main 4, which in the scene below supports the cut of cars on the extreme left, and on the north…
West end of yard
The view here (again from the Security Analysts’ special) is of the west end of Rockport yard. On this occasion, the special was traveling on Lakefront main 1. The tracks in the foreground are, from front to back, Lakefront 2 and 4, two Rockport…
with other locomotives at the water column and coal tower
Outside the 28-stall roundhouse at Bellefontaine, a group of steam engines stands simmering in various stages of the cycle of between run activities. In a cluster and waiting to have their fires cleaned are, from left to right, an L-2, an H-6,…
Train SLD-2, interlocking tower in view
Here's one that didn't make the grade. For some reason or combination of reasons - bad grade, sharp curves, heavy tonnage, slippery rail, lack of sand, high wind, worn tires, poor steaming, inexpert. handling, etc., etc. - the 3009 was unable to…
Train no. 303
This picture shows the high tower and the junction of rail lines at its base to good advantage on the left, no. 303 is leaving the depot bound for Springfield and points south to Cincinnati. The train has eight cars and is pulled by J-1 no. 5384. The…
T&OC West Yard at West Columbus, OH
This picture and the next one have little, if anything, to do with the Ohio Division. They illustrate two variations of the operations of the Ohio Central Division in and around Columbus, and are inserted here in this album because there is no…
T&OC Truro block station with semaphore train order signal
This little depot and block station is at Truro, ten miles southeast of West Columbus yard on the main line to Corning, Hobson, Charleston, Dickinson, and points south. The southbound freight, six cars behind geep no. 5663, is the Columbus-Baltimore…
Three locomotives, #6390, #3038, and a diesel in engine terminal, coal tower in view
This photograph was taken at Springfield roundhouse in early 1953, when steam was still the dominant form of motive power on the left is the 6390, an H-6 2-8-2 which was being turned on the Bellefontaine Springfield local. The 4-8-2 on the right,…
Three locomotives
Headquarters of the Michigan District are at Anderson, about 135 miles from Jeffersonville on the south end and 120 miles from Elkhart on the north end. The yard at South Anderson is under the jurisdiction of the Indiana Division, although it is…