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Train no. 73
The blue-flagged 5411 gets another shot of grease at Elkhart while her engineer for the last lap to Chicago packs a few belongings into the seatbox. Notwithstanding the stop at Bryan, the 133 miles from Toledo were run off in 117 minutes for an…
Train no. 73 at Central Union Terminal
A last look at handsome Central Union Terminal finds J-3 no. 5411 in the final stages of preparation for departure on no. 73, an afternoon train from Cleveland to Chicago. Up front, a mechanical department laborer is disconnecting the grease gun air…
Train no. 46 passing Oakdale Interlocking Tower
A maintenance of way gang doing some hand surfacing in Oakdale interlocking stands back as big no. 6011 barrels past with no. 46, the Interstate Express. This train is primarily geared to the Chicago-Boston business, and after extensive switching at…
Train no. 303
No. 303 leaves Toledo on this occasion behind J-1 no. 5389, one of the thirty Hudsons (no's. 5375-5405) which were assigned when new to the Big Four and which originally carried numbers 6600-6629. This train requires six hours and forty-five minutes…
Train no. 303, taking water
After Toledo, the next water stop for the 5391 will be at Bellefontaine, Ohio, roughly the halfway mark on the run to Cincinnati. The train is no. 303 out of Detroit, on which power is sometimes changed at Bellefontaine (if the engine happens to be…
Train no. 312
This activity in the rain at the west end of Central Union Terminal features J-1 no. 5266 heading no. 312, the day Cincinnati-Detroit train. Behind her are E8s 4088-4089 westbound on no. 35, a New York-Chicago train primarily devoted to head-end…
Train no. 14
Another look at the 6013 shows the big Niagara easing mail train no. 14 through the rain towards Broadway, preparatory to entering Central Union Terminal. On the rear of the 17-car train were the business cars of President William White and Vice…
Train no. 35, west of Toledo Central Terminal
West of Broadway tower (visible in the right background), S-1 no. 6013 begins to apply her plentiful horsepower to the task of breaking no. 35 away from the restrictions of the Toledo terminal, with the 133-mile racetrack to Elkhart ahead to bring…
Train No. 135
Hudson 5422, decorated with the company's oval emblem below her smokebox number plate, heads into Broadway interlocking at the west exit of Central Union Terminal with the 19 cars of no. 135, a New York-Chicago mail train. The pair of tracks in the…
Train no. 355
Detroit-Chicago train no. 355 brakes into the station at Niles, headed by J-3a Hudson 5425. Though declining steadily and way down from the immediate postwar level, passenger business was still reasonably good at the time on the 280-mile "corridor"…
Train TL-2
Manifest freight TL-2, the Central's prime service to its prominent automotive customers in Lansing, arrives in that city behind 4-8-2 2973. A portion of the train's 69-car consist originated in Stanley yard at Toledo, and the balance was added at…
Train NJ-2
Coach yard, main tracks, freight running tracks, house tracks and freight house appear from left to right in this scene looking east from Jackson passenger station. NJ-2 continues toward Jackson yard on the eastbound freight runner. Hand operated…
Train NJ-2
The Jackson-Kalamazoo segment of the Michigan Central main line between Detroit and Chicago serves a multitude of industries, particularly at Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. One of the services geared to these customers is NJ-2, a pickup run out of Niles…
Train no. X342
At Ann Arbor, known primarily as the location of the University of Michigan, the Central has a modicum of activity featured by the Ypsilanti switch run, which is headquartered here. In this scene, eastbound mail and express train no. X-342 has just…
Train no. 302
Steam condensate is outlined sharply in the chill atmosphere of a fall dawn as Hudson 5358 brings train 302 into Detroit at the close of its overnight run from Cincinnati. Nine cars trail the 4-6-4 into the interlocking of YD tower at River Rouge.…