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4-8-2 #3000
Builder photo
4-8-2 #3000
Builder photo
Train no. 433
Last of the Cleveland series, this picture shows no. 433, the previously mentioned afternoon train to Cincinnati, being hustled past Short Line Junction by L-3a 4-8-2 no. 3022. In a little over four miles and seven minutes' running time from Short…
AC Tower, semaphore signal bridge and connecting tracks
The Erie operators in AC tower at Marion control, during Lake shipping season, about as heavy an aggregate of rail tonnage as can be found passing one spot anywhere in the United States. At any time of year, business for them is very brisk, involving…
Train no. 96
In steam days, the blasting was prodigious whenever eastbound freights got within earshot of Bellefontaine. The sound effects reached their peak as the trains passed BN yard and the main yard office on their way to East yard, at the extreme eastern…
Train no. 96 going away
The scene here approximates that of two pages ago, with the camera again trained on the 3000 as she heads into East yard with no. 96 (this picture is a follow-up to the preceding one - same engine, same train, same day). It is interesting to note…
Train DSL-1
From Sandusky Street bridge, the camera looks down upon one of the busiest spots in the entire terminal at a typically busy moment. In the foreground, L-3a No. 3000 eases off the BN lead onto the westbound main with the 69 cars of manifest DSL-1, out…
Train no. 473 passing tri-color mast signal
Dual-service 4-8-2 no. 3022 dissipates excess steam at Bellefontaine station on a chilly spring morning in 1953. She is attached to no. 473, the Cleveland-St. Louis mail and express train, which was running on this occasion with nine cars. The rear…
Train SLD-2, interlocking tower in view
Here's one that didn't make the grade. For some reason or combination of reasons - bad grade, sharp curves, heavy tonnage, slippery rail, lack of sand, high wind, worn tires, poor steaming, inexpert. handling, etc., etc. - the 3009 was unable to…
Fireman's side
This is the last of the portraits taken at Shelby Street. It was held out purposely to the end of the series to dispel any impression -- which night well have been created by the preceding pictures -- that Shelby Street was not a real engine terminal…
Train no. CC-3
In the 18 miles between Wade, the tower at the vost end of Riverside Yard, and Lawrenceburg Junction, the main line of the Indiana Division curves through the Ohio River valley on an almost level gradient. In the next 17 miles between Lawrenceburg…
Train LS-6, watermelon car behind tender
One eastbound manifest which highballs past Moraine is LS-6, shown here wheeling into the plant area at the west end behind engine 3000. This fast symbol train of long standing on the Big Four is known locally as the "Lamb Run", or the "Lamb" for…
Train no. 426 at Ivorydale
Trackage rights have been previously stated to be an integral part of the Cincinnati Terminal operation. Nothing could be more true, because the double track of the B&O west of Ivorydale Junction is a: lifeline over which passes nearly all of the…
Train X448 at Ivorydale
This concluding photograph shows the 3000 barking up through Ivorydale on X-448, with eleven cars of mail and express and rider trailing. Engine 3000, it may be recalled, was pictured previously in both drag and fast freight service. The versatility…
Train no. CC-3
This picture begins the series illustrating the route through Indianapolis followed by the main line of the Indiana Division from Cincinnati to Kankakee. Again, as in the case of the Cleveland-St. Louis series, the pictures are arranged as nearly as…