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Train no. 416
Approaching Indianapolis from the west, the Indiana Division main line turns due south in the vicinity of West 60th Street and, in a long tangent, runs through open country to West 16th Street before it finally curves eastward again towards the…
Train no. KI-2
Following in the wake of no. 416 pictured on the preceding page was KI-2, a pickup run from Kankakee to Indianapolis known as the 'Daylighter'. Its modest consist of 42 cars was hustled down the tangent west of town by a grimy L-2, no. 2821.…
Train no. 414
Lafayette, a flourishing city of some 35,000 persons located in the upper middle section of the Wabash River valley, is about halfway between Indianapolis and Kankakee on the Indiana Division main line. It is the operational midpoint of the line,…
Train no. KI-2
Taken on the same morning and in almost the same spot as the previous picture, this one shows an extra east pulling through town behind a dirt-caked L-2, the 2936. The plume in the background indicates, as before, excessive steam pressure on the yard…
Train first BF-1
The photographs in this album are arranged as nearly as possible in an east-to-west sequence, and the first twenty-two of them were taken along the Cleveland - St. Louis route through town - that is, inbound on the Ohio Division and outbound on the…
Train no. 473
The 137-mile main line of the New York Central between Bellefontaine and Indianapolis is known officially as the Indianapolis District of the Ohio Division. From East 38th Street, which crosses it on an overpass about a mile from Eastwood, its…
Train no. 472
This is no. 472, the opposite side of the run previously pictured, just east of Arlington Avenue on its way out of Indianapolis. The eastbound grade stiffens somewhat in this vicinity, and the engineer has throttled well back to compensate for the…
On local freight "B-line switch run"
H-5 class 2-8-2 no. 1576, a longtime member of the Big Four steam fraternity, hustles out of Indianapolis with the Ohio Division local freight to South Anderson and return. When this was taken, the 1576 was a veteran of a creditable forty years'…
Train no. 472
Around eight o'clock in the morning, the automobiles of people enroute to their jobs downtown parade westbound along Massachusetts Avenue as no. 472 is hustled out of town by a stack-rapping J-1, the 5277. In all probability, very few of the…
Train no. ON-2
There was both honor and ignominy for this sleek, Scullin drivered L-4, no. 3137, on the occasion of her last run on January 10, 1956. She was assigned to no. 302, the overnight train from Cincinnati to Detroit, and it bears mention that this was the…
Train no. ON-2
Though the main attraction - the motive power is very different, there is otherwise a good deal of similarity between this picture and the preceding one. The train is the same (ON-2), the consist is about the same (26 cars bere vs. 32 before,…
Train no. 472
A portion of the "skyline" of downtown Indianapolis, dominated by the Merchants Bank building with its overbearing TV antenna, shows here beyond the dog-eared countenance of engine 3113. The latter is heading no. 472 on the complex of Indianapolis…
Train no. BF-9
Just beyond Mount Jackson, the Illinois Division main line passes - through a succession of new developments and trailer camps known as Eagle Creek. There are no industries in this section, and Eagle Creek in the timecard signifies only a water…
Train no. CC-3
This picture begins the series illustrating the route through Indianapolis followed by the main line of the Indiana Division from Cincinnati to Kankakee. Again, as in the case of the Cleveland-St. Louis series, the pictures are arranged as nearly as…
Train second SY-2 passing Beech Grove Tower (on stilts)
The partially-undressed appearance of Beech Grove tower is typical of most of those on the Big Four. Generally they are weathered clapboard structures squatting or perching on the frailest of legs. : Beech Grove is one which squats, but there are…