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Two Hudsons at coal tower
Two of the Central's symmetrical Hudson types, engines 5204 and 5270, are caught in an idle moment at the East Syracuse fueling station. Both are of the J-1 class and were built by Alco in 1927 and 1928, respectively. Since then they have been…
Train VEG across Clark St., East Syracuse, NY
Clark Street in East Syracuse is doubtless one of the most often blocked grade crossings in New York State. Five tracks cross it: four freight mains leading to and from DeWitt Yards, with important crossovers necessitating slow speed and frequent…
Train VE by roundhouse
Engine 3049 of the L-3b class Mohawk type heads west into the evening sun, with her 72-car train inching out of DeWitt Yards behind her. Freight tracks here run in an alley formed by the engine terminal on the right and the village of East Syracuse…
Train QD-2 arriving, coal tower in view
The same scene in 1953, four years later, shows an identical layout. Steam activity was by then limited to local passenger and mail and express trains. This phasingout is symbolized by Alco geep 8243 arriving on Main 8 with QD-2, the local freight…
Train no. 55 from Bridge St. at searchlight signal mast
This scene needs no definition, since it is the same as the one described in detail four pages back. There is a lull in yard operations as the westbound "Advance Empire" flashes by at 70 m.p.h. behind engine 6009, a Niagara 4-8-4 type. There are…
Steam Passenger Train #6009 at East Syracuse, NY
Train no. 55
Steam Freight Train at East Syracuse, NY
L-2a #2732 meeting L-2c #2800
Steam Freight Train at East Syracuse, NY
Mohawk pulling freight