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4-8-2 #3128
Right front 3/4 with smoke lifters
4-8-2 #3133
Left front with smoke lifters
Train no. 303 about to leave at tri-color signal bridge
The blue flag has been removed, the signal has been received, the board is green, the gates are going down, and the engineer is reaching for the throttle - in short, all indications are that the elephant-eared 3149 is about to whisk the seven cars of…
Left front 3/4 view
In 1940, Alco delivered another batch of 4-8-2s to the NYC. These were designated class L-3 and numbered 3000-3064. All of them were equipped with steam-heat pipes and were used extensively in passenger service, especially during World War II when…
Right front 3/4 view
The ultimate in 4-8-2s on the NYC was the L-4 class. With their 72-inch drivers and roller-bearing driving journals, they were right at home on a passenger train, although they, too, were restricted to a conservative 70 MPH. (All other L classes had…
Close up of BoxPox drivers and valve gear components
This photograph of the running gear of the 3148 gives a clue to the immediate reason for her removal from service (she would have succumbed to dieselitis shortly afterward anyway). Notice that the piston key is not tightly fitted into the crosshead -…
Train no. 312 at Ivorydale
This picture of the 3130 wheeling no. 312 through Ivorydale was taken less than half a mile east of the preceding one (the westbound distant signal for the junction is still faintly discernible in the distance). Ivorydale yard is again out of sight,…
Train no. ON-2
There was both honor and ignominy for this sleek, Scullin drivered L-4, no. 3137, on the occasion of her last run on January 10, 1956. She was assigned to no. 302, the overnight train from Cincinnati to Detroit, and it bears mention that this was the…
Train no. SLD-8
The camera is facing west here along the same stretch of Belt.! right-of-way occupied by the Duane turn in the preceding picture. (The track in the lower left foreground is the IC connection.) The L-4 above, no. 3135, is straining against an SLB-8 of…
Train no. CC-3
Again, the camera is facing east from the vantage point of Sherman Drive, but here it has been moved across the bridge so as to include the yard tracks known as the hump leads. Running through the background is the main line, and in the upper right…
Going away shot of train no. CC-3 approaching yard
This view of the 3127 on CC-3 was taken from the opposite side of Sherman Drive, immediately after the preceding one. Ahead of the engine is the hump, and beyond it in the upper-left background is West Hill yard, usually known as the "Big Hump". The…
Loco off train CC-3 backing to terminal
The camera followed the 3127 as she passed under the bridge for the second time, and made this exposure of her as she backed past her train towards six lead. The latter is one of the busiest and most important tracks at the Hill. In this picture, it…
Cabooses, tower and #3127 in view
Dogged by the camera, the 3127 is shown here for the last time as she eases down six lead toward the icehouse crossovers. The crossovers, where the engine will be switched onto the westbound main, are five telegraph poles beyond the westward distant…
Awaiting assignment at the terminal
Though Shelby Street is hardly the foreground an Indianapolis booster would choose for a photograph intended to lure travelers, it is a fact that a reasonable view of the city's downtown section is available from the tracks east of Leota Street. Of…
#3137 and #3125 also in view
Whether or not a person is readily fascinated by the steam locomotive, he is more apt to be impressed by a cluster of these dirty brutes around a roundhouse than by an equal number of diesels at a service station. Indeed, he is compelled to be…