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Pulling new boxcars

With DFA-3d #1040

Passing searchlight signal mast

RS-3 eastbound with 4 coal hoppers, a boxcar, and a transfer caboose

The same scene in 1953, four years later, shows an identical layout. Steam activity was by then limited to local passenger and mail and express trains. This phasingout is symbolized by Alco geep 8243 arriving on Main 8 with QD-2, the local freight…