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Train second SY-2
The 2378 drifts down Guilford Hill at Code with Second 90, an Indianapolis-Sharon run. (The hill is identified by the name of the little town about 5 1/2 miles upgrade from Lawrenceburg Junction.) This rolling, wooded section of Southeastern Indiana…
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 no. CC-3
In the 18 miles between Wade, the tower at the vost end of Riverside Yard, and Lawrenceburg Junction, the main line of the Indiana Division curves through the Ohio River valley on an almost level gradient. In the next 17 miles between Lawrenceburg…
Train no. CA-5 headed for Cairo
The 2825 pulls past the depot at Mount Carmel, headed into the yard with train CA-5 southbound. This symbol, with variations, covers all manifest services from Chicago to Cairo, which amount to very little - a train a day for the Indiana Division at…
Train no. 81
Number 81, a pickup run from Indianapolis to Kankakee, eases through the depot at Lafayette behind L-2 no. 2847. The train continued across the Wabash River bridge, just west of the depot, then stopped after about 35 of its 59 cars had gone by. This…
Train DJ-5
Mohawk type 2993 leads DJ-5, a Detroit-Joliet run oriented towards Santa Fe, Rock Island, and GM&O connections at Joliet, out of Junction Yard onto the westbound main. The bridges in the background carry Miller Road (from whence the crossovers at…
Steam freight train #3130 at Palmyra, NY
Taking water from track pans
Steam freight train #3130 at Palmyra, NY
Taking water from track pans
Steam freight train #3130 at Palmyra, NY
Taking water from track pans
Steam Freight Train #2891 at Brook Park, OH
Westbound CCC&StL freight
Steam Freight Train #2799 at Rochester, NY
Livestock cars up front
solid oil #3130 at East Palmyra, NY
Taking water from the track pans. Photo used in wartime poster by Leslie Regan with Statue of Liberty overhead
Right front 3/4 view
The ultimate in 4-8-2s on the NYC was the L-4 class. With their 72-inch drivers and roller-bearing driving journals, they were right at home on a passenger train, although they, too, were restricted to a conservative 70 MPH. (All other L classes had…
Right front 3/4 view
Begrimed no. 2936 above, a class L-2d engine, differs very little from her 'cousin' of class L-2c, the 2803 just pictured. Both have the following specifications: cylinders, 27x30 in.; drivers, 69 in.; pressure, 225 lbs.; tractive force, 60, 620…