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yard #7527 at Jackson, MI
Approaching road crossing
yard #1459 at Jackson, MI
Wood cabosses in background
X3100 West helper
Helper 7526 will be cut away from extra 3100 west on the fly just around the curve. The train will pick up speed quickly behind the agile 4-8-2 on the first leg of its 190-mile run to the IHB's Gibson yard in Hammond, Indiana. The prosaic 0-8-0 will…
Working the Jackson coach yard
This little chuffer covering the Jackson coach yard job is a member of a family of six-wheeled switchers on the Central which in 1940 included seven classes and forty six subclasses. The 6940 represents class B-11g, built, surprisingly enough in view…
Water Tank at Jackson, MI
Steel cylindrical tank
Water Tank at Jackson, MI
Steel tank in engine terminal, some whitelined locos
Water tank at Jackson, MI
Steel tank in engine terminal, some whitelined locos
Water Tank at Jackson, M
Steel tank in engine terminal, some whitelined locos
Turntable at Jackson, MI
Eight steam locomotives are in view
Train NJ-2
Coach yard, main tracks, freight running tracks, house tracks and freight house appear from left to right in this scene looking east from Jackson passenger station. NJ-2 continues toward Jackson yard on the eastbound freight runner. Hand operated…
Train NJ-2
The Jackson-Kalamazoo segment of the Michigan Central main line between Detroit and Chicago serves a multitude of industries, particularly at Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. One of the services geared to these customers is NJ-2, a pickup run out of Niles…
Train JK-1
This scene of Jackson passenger station and environs is enlivened by JK-1, the westbound Jackson-Kalamazoo local, rattling through behind H-5 class 2-8-2 no. 1459. Directly ahead of the 1459 is the westbound home signal at Pearl Street interlocking,…
