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Page 1 of an overall description of the album (NG501) contents
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Page 1 of an overall description of the Indiana and Illinois Ohio Divisions album (NG502) contents
description of the Indianapolis Division album (NG503) contents
Page 1 of an overall description of the Indianapolis Division album (NG503) contents
Buffalo Division (NG505)
THE NEW YORK CENTRAL IN AND AROUND BUFFALO - This area, bounded by Niagara Falls on the north, Depew on the east, Lackawanna on the south, and the natural barrier of Lake Erie and the Niagara River on the west, has an overall population of about…
Overall description of the Upstate New York album (NG506) contents
ABOUT THESE PICTURES
The photographs in this album were taken in a variety of places in upper-central New York State. The general area involved is defined by Syracuse-Canastota on the northeast, Geneva on the northwest, Bath on the southwest, and…
The photographs in this album were taken in a variety of places in upper-central New York State. The general area involved is defined by Syracuse-Canastota on the northeast, Geneva on the northwest, Bath on the southwest, and…
View east from hump
From the hump, just below the hump yard office, we get this view of the hump lead, the outlets from the 3-8 and 9-13 pockets, the general yard office, and Lossen Road bridge. The aforementioned pockets are called the 'middle' and the 'lower',…
View west from top of hump
As BB-4 moves over the apex of the hump at 3 MPH, two men stationed here perform some of the tasks required by this type of classification. First the checker chalks on each car its destination, the date, and whether it is a load or an empty. Then the…
Westbound humper, retarder towers in view
Here are some facilities and activities of gravity switching at the NYC's DeWitt Yards, East Syracuse. Both east- and westbound humps are on the other side of the highway overpass which is just out of sight to the left. Diesel switcher no.8528 has…
Lines East Exerpts album (NG504)
Overall description of the Lines East Exerpts album (NG504) contents
Hump power near the crest
Near the apex of the Selkirk hump, the last few cars of an 83-car pull of repaired cripples approach their rendezvous with pin-puller, retarders, and classification track switches. The rather gentle hump incline slopes downward towards the receiving…
From the crest are seen three towers
From the crest of Selkirk hump, we see the three towers which control retarders and class yard switches, identified as 'A' (nearest the camera), 'B' (right background), and 'C' (left background). In this obsolete layout, tower A controls 6 retarders…
goat' pulling string to be rehumped
At Selkirk as well as at DeWitt it is the practice to have a job furnished with a single-unit diesel working at the hump end of the class yard to shove the class tracks, re-hump mixed class tracks, correct switching errors caused by catch ups and…
View of westbound hump includes the fueling station
In the foreground, the westbound humper is just completing its shove, while WD-4's cars are still on the long approach to the eastbound hump. Tracks 14 and 17 are the running tracks between the fueling station and the westbound hump lead. Towers 1,…
Livestock cars being pushed over the eastbound hump, diesel shop (under construction) in view
The eastbound hump and the diesel shop dominate this photograph, taken from the north approach to Rotnour Bridge looking west. This was the winter of 1953, and the shop was still under construction Coming up out of the eastbound receiving yard to be…
passenger #220 at Cleveland, OH
B&O train no. 258 changing from CUT motor #220 to steam 4-6-2 B&O #5062, aerial view