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Southbound out of Corning yard, the NYC tracks duck under the Lackawanna mainline,cross the Chemung River, wind around past the glassworks, and cross the Erie main at grade before turning southward out of town, Engine 2517 at upper left in this…

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One of Corning's outstanding features is the Erie mainline running down the center of Railroad Street. Restricted trainspeeds and blocked traffic make this layout pretty much of an all-around nuisance. Eastbound freights working the yard must of…

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Pedestrians walk unconcernedly down the sidewalks(if their paths are not blocked) as Erie train no.1, the "Erie Limited" bound for Chicago, halts at Corning station. Three-unit EMD diesels like the 806 pictured had been in service almost two years…

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One of Erie's big 2-8-4s, now outnumbered by diesels on this division, trails her 82 cars of drag freight along Corning's Railroad Street and heads thru the yard for the run west to Hornell, site of large classification yards. Of 105 such machines on…

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Northbound approaching yard

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Interchange to DL&W

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Northbound Into Yard

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Drag South into Yard

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In background is L-1a #2517 pulling 129 cars of spouthbound Adv DH-3

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Not yet given electric lights

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No electric light

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