Here is the 1453 leaving town with the 27-car Greensburg switch run. The track in the foreground is the Anderson belt of the Ohio Division, which is used by practically all freights running between Indianapolis and Bellefontaine. On the eastern edge…
After EMD switchers had bumped them in 1949, thirty-three of the IHB's H-5 class 2-8-2s were transferred down to the Big Four for local freight work. They were identifiable by their injector controls, which were outside the cab, and by their tenders,…