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Train no. 414, target signal in view
As the main line of the Indiana Division heads northwestward across Indiana from Indianapolis, the countryside and the towns begin to look progressively more midwestern. The topography levels and the groves of trees get scarcer as the railroad…
Train no. 419
Indianapolis-Chicago local no. 419 - opposite number to the train just pictured - leaves Lebanon behind the 5437, sister to the 5441, In the background here are two landmarks which (if not as obviously as grain elevators) exude a midwestern flavor --…
Train no. CC-1
With the caboose markers 69 cars back just about clear of Lebanon, the engineer on manifest no. 95 'widens on her' for the resumption of normal progress westward. 'Her' is L-2 no. 2877, and she was undoubtedly flexing her iron-horse sinews in…
Train no. 416
Number 416 leaves a sweeping vista of midwest farmland behind as it! approaches Lebanon from the west behind PT-tendered J-1 no. 5269. Although this train was not scheduled to stop at Lebanon, its wheels were in the grip of a heavy service…
Train no. 3, west bound 'Riley' taking water
The 5421 gets a refill as she pauses at Lafayette depot on no. 3, the westbound 'Riley'. The 18,000-gallon capacity of her PT tank enabled her to make the 173-mile run from Cincinnati to Lafayette for water, whereas an engine with conventional tender…
Train no. 473 taking water
Niagara 6009 gets a refill at Terre Haute on her way from Cleveland to Mattoon on mail-and-express no. 473. The sixteen-car train is cut behind the ninth car to allow traffic to pass on Seventh Street, at the far end of the platform. This picture was…
E&I extra south
Terre Haute is about 70 miles west of Indianapolis on the main line of the Illinois Division. By virtue of its population of 65,000 and its importance in manufacturing and as the commercial center for a coal-mining region, it would be a key point on…
E&I extra north
In its passage through Terre Haute enroute to the junction point with the main line just west of the depot, the E&I traverses the highly-industrialized southwest side of town and, in so doing, establishes the NYC in the healthy position it enjoys…
E&I extra north passing the depot
Up from Petersburg with 55 L&N hoppers of Gary coal, the 1970 blasts past the depot at Terre Haute on the last lap into the terminal at Duane. The rear end of the train should be coming off the E&I, rounding the curve which was visible in part in the…
Flipper' passing interlocking tower (on stilts)
A cut of 44 Gary coal trails the 2932 here as she shotguns her way through Terre Haute bound for Midland, 22 miles west on the main line and junction point of the latter with the Chicago-Cairo line. The C&EI tracks run parallel to the NYC in the…
Train no. 472
Around eight o'clock in the morning, the automobiles of people enroute to their jobs downtown parade westbound along Massachusetts Avenue as no. 472 is hustled out of town by a stack-rapping J-1, the 5277. In all probability, very few of the…
Train no. 472
A portion of the "skyline" of downtown Indianapolis, dominated by the Merchants Bank building with its overbearing TV antenna, shows here beyond the dog-eared countenance of engine 3113. The latter is heading no. 472 on the complex of Indianapolis…
Train no. 419
Since a picture of an Illinois Division train was not available, this shot of Indiana Division no. 419 (an Indianapolis-Chicago local, now discontinued) was inserted here to begin the Illinois Division portion of the Ohio-Illinois Division…
Double heading on train no. Springfield 91
The wye last mentioned in the preceding footnote is, for obvious reasons, dubbed the icehouse wye. In addition to yard cuts bound to and from Middle or East Hill and Brightwood, its principal users are the Springfield branch trains, namely the locals…
Train no. CC-1
The section of the Belt Railway west of Belt crossing is as busy or even busier than the section just shown east of the crossing. In the scene above, train CC-1, bound for Kankakee, is pulling out on this part of the Belt for the trip around town,…