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…
The Erie operators in AC tower at Marion control, during Lake shipping season, about as heavy an aggregate of rail tonnage as can be found passing one spot anywhere in the United States. At any time of year, business for them is very brisk, involving…
As this picture clearly indicates, the yards at Bellefontaine, Ohio, are largely set into a rural landscape of rolling fields and woodlands. The country backdrop, which is unusual in the environs of the principal terminals on the Big Four and for…
From Sandusky Street bridge, the camera looks down upon one of the busiest spots in the entire terminal at a typically busy moment. In the foreground, L-3a No. 3000 eases off the BN lead onto the westbound main with the 69 cars of manifest DSL-1, out…
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…