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Train no. 73
The blue-flagged 5411 gets another shot of grease at Elkhart while her engineer for the last lap to Chicago packs a few belongings into the seatbox. Notwithstanding the stop at Bryan, the 133 miles from Toledo were run off in 117 minutes for an…
Train no. 73 at Central Union Terminal
A last look at handsome Central Union Terminal finds J-3 no. 5411 in the final stages of preparation for departure on no. 73, an afternoon train from Cleveland to Chicago. Up front, a mechanical department laborer is disconnecting the grease gun air…
Train No. 135
Hudson 5422, decorated with the company's oval emblem below her smokebox number plate, heads into Broadway interlocking at the west exit of Central Union Terminal with the 19 cars of no. 135, a New York-Chicago mail train. The pair of tracks in the…
Train no. 355
Detroit-Chicago train no. 355 brakes into the station at Niles, headed by J-3a Hudson 5425. Though declining steadily and way down from the immediate postwar level, passenger business was still reasonably good at the time on the 280-mile "corridor"…
Train no. X342
At Ann Arbor, known primarily as the location of the University of Michigan, the Central has a modicum of activity featured by the Ypsilanti switch run, which is headquartered here. In this scene, eastbound mail and express train no. X-342 has just…
4-6-4 #5429
"Empire State Express"
4-6-4 #5429 at Oscawana, NY
"Empire State Express"
4-6-4 #5429 at Syracuse, NY
"Empire State Express"
4-6-4 #5408 at Troy, NY
Next to a Rutland locomotive