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Extra no. X3064 westbound
Extra 3064 west pulls into Marion with 77 cars, near the west end of the 21-mile stretch of paired track out of Galion (this train is on the Erie; the NYC main is in the foreground. Marion, an industrial city with a population of about 35,000, is…
Train CC-2 behind Mohawk, Lima switcher and switchtender shanty in view
This is the scene from the opposite side of Sandusky street bridge. on the eastbound main, CC-2, a fast freight between Cincinnati and Toledo, is whisked through town on its way to East yard by the 3064. The Toledo cars were set off in Gest yard, the…
Valley Run
The decline in passenger business at Springfield has been paralleled in recent years by a decrease in car loadings as well. The closing of the huge Crowell-Collier Publishing Company plant in 1957 deprived the railroad of a considerable account at…
Valley Run, crossing guard in view
In the same location, but moving in the opposite direction, the eastbound Advance Valley Run is shown here pulling through downtown Springfield on its way to the yard, one mile east. The power is another L-3, no. 3058, and there are 42 cars. Once…
Train no. CC-3, coal tower and interlocking tower (on stilts) in view
Westbound manifest CC-3, 68 cars behind L-3c 4-8-2 no. 3062, whistles through Greensburg at the maximum 40 MPH. The tower here controls the crossing of the main line and the Michigan District, and also governs main line movements at the end of double…
Train first SY-2
Greensburg, 62 miles west of Cincinnati and 47 miles east of Indianapolis, is the operational midpoint of the Indiana Division main line between those cities. As a steam terminal, it had water, sand, a coal dock, an ash pit, and a single-stall…
Mattoon Extra at Indianapolis, IN
The relatively small part of this volume devoted to the Illinois Division does not, of course, give nearly as comprehensive a picture of latter-day steam operations as did the Indiana Division section. Not that stean capitulated early on the Illinois…
4-8-2 #3062 at Geneva, NY
Taking water, north
