As she shouldered the 51-car load of no. 95, the 2815 was panned on the straightaway west of Indianapolis, and she obligingly erupted with a plume of black smoke. In the course of accelerating out of the terminal, the engine was being 'hooked up',…
Another view of the puzzles four years later (1953) has for its center of attraction F-7 units 1807 and 1808 moving out of the westbound advance yard onto Main 3 with BC-1, an 81-car manifest train for Collinwood Yard in Cleveland. Peripheral…
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…