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The little shanty below is the operators’' refuse at C&P Crossing. The designation "C&P" stems from the fact that the line of the Pennsylvania which bisects the NYC at this point was originally the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Rail Road before it was…
With additional units
This bridge at C.B. Junction, Pa., carries the NYC line between Cherry Tree and Clearfield (known as the 'C.B. Line') over U.S. Highway 322, a branch of the PRR, and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. The NYC has trackage rights over the B & O…
Valley Run
The decline in passenger business at Springfield has been paralleled in recent years by a decrease in car loadings as well. The closing of the huge Crowell-Collier Publishing Company plant in 1957 deprived the railroad of a considerable account at…
U25B on Nov-07 calendar
U25B #2503 and 3 sisters pull freight
Train XN-2
The aforementioned DeWitt yard and its approaches will be the subject of the next twenty photographs, an emphasis in keeping with the importance of this colossus of freight classification. Train XN-2 from Buffalo is shown here at Thompson Road on the…
Train SLD-2, interlocking tower in view
Here's one that didn't make the grade. For some reason or combination of reasons - bad grade, sharp curves, heavy tonnage, slippery rail, lack of sand, high wind, worn tires, poor steaming, inexpert. handling, etc., etc. - the 3009 was unable to…
Train SBH-2
On a blisteringly-hot and muggy August day, the head-end crew of symbol freight SBH-2 has opened the nose door on the lead unit of their Alco 'three-bagger' (nos. 1055-3337-1054), apparently in an attempt to create more draft. This train, an…
Train PW-4
Train PW-4, a Youngstown-DeWitt schedule, rolls through Newark, N.Y., on the West Shore main track. Alco units 1071-3372-1046 are trailing 83 loads and 14 empties. In the past ten years the West Shore has been nearly obliterated between Wayneport, 15…
Train first LS-1
We now shift all the way from the western extreme of the Buffalo Division at Bayview to its eastern limit at tower 46, and begin a second picture-journey westward, this time over the Gardenville branch. The track layout around tower 46 is complex,…
Train DC-7 arriving from the east
DC-7 was pictured earlier leaving Niles, Michigan, for Gibson Yard. Six years later, the new yard at Elkhart has resulted in diversion of through freight traffic from the Michigan Central main line west of Jackson and elimination of Niles as a major…
Train CC-2 behind Mohawk, Lima switcher and switchtender shanty in view
This is the scene from the opposite side of Sandusky street bridge. on the eastbound main, CC-2, a fast freight between Cincinnati and Toledo, is whisked through town on its way to East yard by the 3064. The Toledo cars were set off in Gest yard, the…
Train BP-1
The scene now shifts to Watertown, former headquarters of the St. Lawrence and Adirondack Division comprising all trackage north of Utica and Syracuse. This jurisdiction has been eliminated and the territory now belongs to the Mohawk Division…
Train BH-2
Looking west towards Buffalo from the Harlem Road viaduct, one sees the beginning of the pocket-yard complex which parallels the main line almost continuously from this point west to TO (Buffalo yard), approximately five miles. The train in the…
Taking orders passing block station and semaphore order signal
This is the aforementioned Roots in busier days when it was a junction and 24-hour train order office. The day operator is shown hooping an order to a local freight, authorizing it as Extra 8306 south to run from Roots to Watertown via the main line.…
Steam Locomotive U&D #20
Ulster & Deware Inspection Engine 3/4 B side view pulling 1 passenger car outside station