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4-2-2T at Watkins Glen, NY
Fall Brook Rwy. "John" Inspection Engine
Drag south entering yard
The two NYC 4-8-2s pictured have braked their 76-car load heavily on the twelve-mile grade down from Beaver Dams, and are now drifting into the north end of Corning Yard. Engine no.2577 in the lead was coupled on as a helper out of Dresden, and…
Coal drag north
Pointed in the opposite direction, but in the same spot from which the picture on the preceding page was made, the camera caught Mohawks 2523 and 2525 heading 78 loads of coal out of the yard at Corning. The pace was a tortuous 5 m.p.h., since there…
Pusher on northbound coal drag
Light Mikado no.1848 takes up slack in the hindmost cars of extra 2525 north. This engine will be cut off on the fly at Beaver Dams, and will return to Corning, whereas the lead helper will go to Dresden and be turned for a southbound assist.…
Mohawk on freight south through town, Switcher nearby
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…
Erie RR clas N-3 2-8-2 running down the center of Railroad St.
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…
Erie RR EMD F-3 units stopped at the station in the center of Railroad St.
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…
Erie RR 2-8-4 with train still on Railroad St.
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…
Steam Freight Train #2635, #2642 at Corning, NY
Northbound approaching yard
Steam Freight Train #7908 at Corning, NY
Interchange to DL&W
