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S-1 no. 6017 is shown above gathering speed just west of Short Line Junction with the 12 cars of no. 407, the afternoon train to Saint Louis. The eastbound home signals and the tower itself are visible less than a mile away. No. 407, of course, has…

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Last of the Cleveland series, this picture shows no. 433, the previously mentioned afternoon train to Cincinnati, being hustled past Short Line Junction by L-3a 4-8-2 no. 3022. In a little over four miles and seven minutes' running time from Short…

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Taken shortly after the preceding picture and following the arrival of no. 303 from Detroit, Toledo, and Bellefontaine, this picture shows the two J-1s, the 5283 on no. 303 and the 5384 on X-447, lined up abreast on depot tracks one and two,…

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The decline in passenger business at Springfield has been paralleled in recent years by a decrease in car loadings as well. The closing of the huge Crowell-Collier Publishing Company plant in 1957 deprived the railroad of a considerable account at…

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Guilford Hill is more of an irritant than an obstacle to passenger trains, and this was just as true in steam days as it is now. Westbound trains make no stops between Cincinnati and Batesville. Maximum speed on the hill westbound is 70 MPH for the…

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Middletown, 18 miles out of Sharon, is the southernmost of the many Miami Valley points along the Ohio Division which generate substantial amounts of traffic. The chief industry here is the Armco steel mill, but there are others, particularly the…

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Number 416 leaves a sweeping vista of midwest farmland behind as it! approaches Lebanon from the west behind PT-tendered J-1 no. 5269. Although this train was not scheduled to stop at Lebanon, its wheels were in the grip of a heavy service…

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Trackage rights have been previously stated to be an integral part of the Cincinnati Terminal operation. Nothing could be more true, because the double track of the B&O west of Ivorydale Junction is a: lifeline over which passes nearly all of the…

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The turnout is for eastwards and the straight shot for westwards at the end of double track at Clarks Hill, hence in this scene the bobtail on the westbound 'Riley' was receding into the prairie at the maximum speed of 79 MPH. Hudson no. 5446 was on…

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Trackage rights have been previously stated to be an integral part of the Cincinnati Terminal operation. Nothing could be more true, because the double track of the B&O west of Ivorydale Junction is a: lifeline over which passes nearly all of the…

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The staccato voice of the 5415 resumes its chatter as the J-3 swings no. 416 through the turnout from single track to eastward main at Clarks Hill. The pickup waiting at High Street crossing is fouling the Nickel Plate interchange track, but the…

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This picture of the 3130 wheeling no. 312 through Ivorydale was taken less than half a mile east of the preceding one (the westbound distant signal for the junction is still faintly discernible in the distance). Ivorydale yard is again out of sight,…

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In this scene at Lafayette depot, the 5402 starts away with the seven cars of no. 419, the westbound local. The passenger and freight stations at Lafayette are operated jointly with the Nickel Plate, whose main tracks are shown in the picture. To…

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With her classic profile outlined against a bright spring sky, J-1 no. 5403 wheels the eight-car 'Riley' smartly up the hill at West Lafayette. The observation-lounge car is just coming off the curve which winds past the Lafayette depot and across…
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