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D.B.Gondola #399112 at Sharon, PA
3 views side, angle and end of 41' high side gondola car,1926,steel,staff brake wheel, Bettendorf trucks, equipt with 4 dump doors, 500 55 ton cars
D.B.Gondola #399112 at Sharon, PA
500 55 ton 40' high side cars, staff brake, KD brake system, 3 views, steel, built by Standard Tank Car Co.
D.B.Gondola #399112 at Sharon, PA
Side view.
D.B.Gondola #399112 at Sharon, PA
3/4 view.
Flat #478443 at Sharon, PA
3 views side, angle and end of 40' flat car,Nov 1923,steel with wood planking,staff bk whl,Archbar tks, undercar struts, reblt from boxcars
Heavy hump bowl tracks
The retarder tower at the heavy hump offers this view of the heavy hump yard, the main line, and the light hump yard, looking from right to left. The location of the engine terminal with its 30-stall roundhouse is marked by the coal dock and…
Heavy hump cut
Engine 1971 is shown here shoving a typical cut - L&N coal - up the heavy hump. This cut is on the scale track, but is being switched to the lead (in the foreground, below) farther up the hill. The nine-track eastbound receiving yard in the…
Heavy hump master retarder
The heavy hump lead as it descends from the apex of the hump appears in the foreground of this picture, taken from the retarder tower. The operator here controls all retarders and switches on the heavy hump - a total of one master retarder (in the…
Light hump
The Cincinnati Terminal operation is one of the most interesting of all on the New York Central System - a large statement, of course, because the Central's big terminals are many and varied in the numerous cities it enters. The operation at…
Light hump yard including retarder towers
The second floor of the main yard office at Sharon was also the vantage point for this picture. Looking in the opposite direction (west, or south), the view is of the 30-track westbound classification yard, known as the "light hump yard". (The…
S.D.Stock #S-21980 at Sharon, PA
3 views side, angle, and end of 40' stock car,1924,wood,staff bk whl, Bet “T” sect tks, truss rods, converted from boxcars; built by Standard Tank Car Co.
S.D.Stock #S-21980 at Sharon, PA
400 40 ton single deck, Bet “T” sect tks, converted from boxcars, 3 views, wood
S.D.Stock #S-21980 at Sharon, PA
40' 40 ton single deck, Bet “T”section trucks struts, black oval, angle view, wood
