Here, at Shelby Street, backed in on top of the 3148 on a 'dead' track, is the last of the largest - S-1 4-8-4 no. 6015. This engine remained in service almost a year after the retirement of her twenty-five sisters. The reason for this oddity was…
No need to identify the owner of those sleek rods and nighty drivers. Her principal specifications are as follows: class, S-1b; cylinders, 25x32 in.; drivers, 79. in.; pressure, 275 lbs.; tractive effort, 62,500 lbs.; weight, 471,000 lbs.; and…
The departure of 2/SY-2 from East Hill in the early afternoon is always an occasion of some significance, especially in lean times when there are often only three freight trains daily from Indianapolis to Cincinnati - 1/SY-2 around 6:00 AM, 2/SY-2,…
Coaling up after her arrival from Sharon on CC-1, the 6015 squeezes her imperious carriage into the squalid confines of Shelby Street.. The 6015 was a special engine in at least several respects. To begin with, she was the last to get "the works" at…
Leota street divides the coal dock and storage area of the engine terminal at Shelby Street from the rest of the facilities - the water plugs, ash pits, machine shop, power house, turntable, and the roundhouse itself. Except where it is crossed by…
Though deprived of almost all crack passenger hauls by diesel power, the Central's great Niagara 4-8-4 types still make fast spurts between stops on secondary runs. The "Advance Empire State Express” calls for many of these spurts, running on a tight…