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Train no. 73
The blue-flagged 5411 gets another shot of grease at Elkhart while her engineer for the last lap to Chicago packs a few belongings into the seatbox. Notwithstanding the stop at Bryan, the 133 miles from Toledo were run off in 117 minutes for an…
Train no. 303, taking water
After Toledo, the next water stop for the 5391 will be at Bellefontaine, Ohio, roughly the halfway mark on the run to Cincinnati. The train is no. 303 out of Detroit, on which power is sometimes changed at Bellefontaine (if the engine happens to be…
Train no. 312
This activity in the rain at the west end of Central Union Terminal features J-1 no. 5266 heading no. 312, the day Cincinnati-Detroit train. Behind her are E8s 4088-4089 westbound on no. 35, a New York-Chicago train primarily devoted to head-end…
At the Botsford enginehouse
Alco U-2 7368 is pictured in the clutches of a hostler at Botsford enginehouse in Kalamazoo (note the engineer's backrest). This is another NYC town, albeit with some competition from the Pennsylvania's GR&I and a Grand Trunk branch up from their…
Working the Jackson coach yard
This little chuffer covering the Jackson coach yard job is a member of a family of six-wheeled switchers on the Central which in 1940 included seven classes and forty six subclasses. The 6940 represents class B-11g, built, surprisingly enough in view…
Light for westbound extra
The fireman is busy with stoker and blower as this 4-8-2 moves light from Livernois Avenue roundhouse to the "Train Yard" to pick up a Jackson extra. The engine is operating over a track known as "Running 35," which, together with its eastbound…
Pushing 5 F units
Five "F" units are shoved from Windsor Yard towards the clutches of an electric motor at the Detroit River tunnel, enroute to the U.S. side for service. The impetus is provided by a 2-8-2 of the H-7 class, one of a series of sixty built by Alco in…
Working the hump
A rare breed on the Central, ten-wheel switcher 7191 works the hump at Windsor, Ontario. Å 1940 system roster shows four of these then remaining, all in the 7190 series but each in a different subclassification of the M-1 class. While they may have…
4-4-0 #1018 at Gray Oaks, NY
Gray Oaks station, Putnam division.
4-8-2 #3008 at Selkirk, NY
On Selkirk turntable.
