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Eastbound freight on track 4
Canastota is a typical small manufacturing town of upper New York State, located twenty-one miles east of Syracuse on the main line of the New York Central. The photographer spent six hours in this vicinity one sunny day of May, 1949, and took the…
Train VG on track3
It is a common sight to see two and even three trains passing simultaneously on this busy four-track artery. Here is extra 3142 west, a train made up of mostly empties in Selkirk Yard southwest of Albany, passing extra 2796 east with mostly loaded…
Train no. 55, "Advance Empire State Express"
Though deprived of almost all crack passenger hauls by diesel power, the Central's great Niagara 4-8-4 types still make fast spurts between stops on secondary runs. The "Advance Empire State Express” calls for many of these spurts, running on a tight…
Train no. 51, "Empire state Express"
The regular "Empire State Express" passes thru Canastota about fifteen minutes after the advance edition makes its scheduled stop. Here she is, fifteen stainless steel cars behind a 4000-horsepower Electro-Motive diesel, gliding along the…
Westbound freight using passenger main
Reading from right to left, the NYC's mainline track scheme as shown by this photograph goes as follows: track one, eastbound passenger; track two, westbound passenger; track three, westbound freight, and track four, eastbound freight. This train was…
Train VG from LV bridge
This long drag freight had crept up behind the Sperry rail-detector car referred to in the caption on the preceding page, and had caught a caution block at the signal bridge visible here in the background. The engine is no.2997, one of 300 L-2 class…
4-8-2 #2779 at Canastota, NY
With Westbound Freight Train on Track 1
Scene at Canastota, NY
Showing main street of town
maintenance at Canastota, NY
Relocating 4 tracks, eliminating Erie Canal bridge, and 10ft of grade
maintenance at Canastota, NY
Relocating 4 tracks, eliminating Erie Canal bridge, and 10ft of grade
maintenance at Canastota, NY
Relocating 4 tracks, eliminating Erie Canal bridge, and 10ft of grade
maintenance at Canastota, NY
Relocating 4 tracks, eliminating Erie Canal bridge, and 10ft of grade
maintenance at Canastota, NY
Relocating 4 tracks, eliminating Erie Canal bridge, and 10ft of grade
maintenance at Canastota, NY
Relocating 4 tracks, eliminating Erie Canal bridge, and 10ft of grade
maintenance at Canastota, NY
Relocating 4 tracks, eliminating Erie Canal bridge, and 10ft of grade