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View from tower IJ
From his east window, the operator at IJ tower has a fair-to-middling view of the west side of downtown Indianapolis. The same vantage point permits him to oversee the workings of the most vital part of his plant. The converging double-track mains…
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…
DL&W F units pulling the "Lackawanna Limited"
Lackawanna and Lehigh Valley mainlines cross one mile east of the former's station at Waverly, N.Y., and at the north end of the latter's Sayre, Pa., yards. This picture, taken on a cold, grey winter day, shows deserted Lehigh Valley tracks and the…
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…
Diesel Passenger Train at IJ, Indianapolis, IN
View west, train no. 24 approaching (4054, 4112)
Diesel Passenger Train #5790 at Clarks Hill, IN
Train no. 419 approaching bracket tri-color signal, grain elevator in view
Pulling train no. 195
No. 195 traverses the maze of trackage between HM and CD interlockings as it departs from Harmon. From left to right, tracks are numbered 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. At the right is a connection to the ready tracks which joins the loop track further…
Overhead shot of train no. 28
From the roof of Hotel Charles in Springfield, we look down upon the B & A main line just west of the Springfield station, Train 28, the eastbound 'New England States', is coming off the Connecticut River bridge across the diamonds at New Haven tower…
Train no. 8 departing, tower in view
Number 8 pulls away from Schenectady depot in this sequel to the preceding photograph. The buildings at State Street yard have been retired, and the tracks have been removed with the exception of a connection to the D & H and the scale track.…
Train DHQ for National Guard troops at Camp Drum
Looking south at Roots, we see a 13-car deadhead equipment train coming from Watertown via the Detour and curving onto the Camp Drum wye behind GP-7 road switchers 5790 and 5789. The National Guard units drilling at Camp Drum now travel by bus and…
Rear of train no. 51
The easterly limit of the city of Syracuse is just west of the Thompson Road Bridge over the NYC passenger mains, and from this vantage point we see the westbound Empire State Express passing the well-known muck fields as it heads for the depot…
RP-210H #20 at Middletown, OH
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RP-210H #20 at Columbus, OH
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RP-210H #20 at Columbus, OH
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