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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…
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…
Tags: #3064, #8405, Alco, Bellefontaine, DES-15a, L-3c, Lima, OH, Steam Freight Train
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…
Tags: #3009, #8400, Alco, Bellefontaine, DES-15a, Facilities, Interlocking tower, L-3a, Lima, OH
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…
Tags: #3064, Alco, HvyWt, L-3c, OH, Passenger train, Springfield
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…
Alco switcher assisting a 4 unit diesel and a 4-8-4
Again in the summer of 1949, the preponderance of diesels is evident here;a bad-order car is being set out of symbol freight BP-2 (a Buffalo to Philadelphia train running via the Reading from Bethlehem, Pa.), necessitating the use of diesel Switcher…
Tags: 1949, Alco, Diesel Freight train, Summer
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 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…
Tags: #1053, #1054, #3338, Alco, Black Rock, DFA-7b, DFB-7b, Diesel Freight Locomotive, FA-2, NY
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…
Ore extra arriving. Fueling station and tower in background. West Springfield MA
This view is across the west end of West Springfield yard and includes the diesel fueling station (still intact), locomotive shop (demolished), and general yard office (completely remodeled). The train entering the yard on track 6 in the eastbound…
Tags: #1008, #3300, Alco, DFA-3b, DFB-3a, Diesel Freight Locomotive, FA-1, MA, West Springfield
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…
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.…