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Train no. 416
Approaching Indianapolis from the west, the Indiana Division main line turns due south in the vicinity of West 60th Street and, in a long tangent, runs through open country to West 16th Street before it finally curves eastward again towards the…
Train no. KI-2
Following in the wake of no. 416 pictured on the preceding page was KI-2, a pickup run from Kankakee to Indianapolis known as the 'Daylighter'. Its modest consist of 42 cars was hustled down the tangent west of town by a grimy L-2, no. 2821.…
Train no. CC-1
As she shouldered the 51-car load of no. 95, the 2815 was panned on the straightaway west of Indianapolis, and she obligingly erupted with a plume of black smoke. In the course of accelerating out of the terminal, the engine was being 'hooked up',…
Train first SY-2
Greensburg, 62 miles west of Cincinnati and 47 miles east of Indianapolis, is the operational midpoint of the Indiana Division main line between those cities. As a steam terminal, it had water, sand, a coal dock, an ash pit, and a single-stall…
Train No. 3
With her classic profile outlined against a bright spring sky, J-1 no. 5403 wheels the eight-car 'Riley' smartly up the hill at West Lafayette. The observation-lounge car is just coming off the curve which winds past the Lafayette depot and across…
Train first BF-1
The photographs in this album are arranged as nearly as possible in an east-to-west sequence, and the first twenty-two of them were taken along the Cleveland - St. Louis route through town - that is, inbound on the Ohio Division and outbound on the…
Train no. 473
The 137-mile main line of the New York Central between Bellefontaine and Indianapolis is known officially as the Indianapolis District of the Ohio Division. From East 38th Street, which crosses it on an overpass about a mile from Eastwood, its…
Train no. 472
This is no. 472, the opposite side of the run previously pictured, just east of Arlington Avenue on its way out of Indianapolis. The eastbound grade stiffens somewhat in this vicinity, and the engineer has throttled well back to compensate for the…
On local freight "B-line switch run"
H-5 class 2-8-2 no. 1576, a longtime member of the Big Four steam fraternity, hustles out of Indianapolis with the Ohio Division local freight to South Anderson and return. When this was taken, the 1576 was a veteran of a creditable forty years'…
Train no. ON-2
Though the main attraction - the motive power is very different, there is otherwise a good deal of similarity between this picture and the preceding one. The train is the same (ON-2), the consist is about the same (26 cars bere vs. 32 before,…
Train no. BF-9
Just beyond Mount Jackson, the Illinois Division main line passes - through a succession of new developments and trailer camps known as Eagle Creek. There are no industries in this section, and Eagle Creek in the timecard signifies only a water…
Train no. CC-3
This picture begins the series illustrating the route through Indianapolis followed by the main line of the Indiana Division from Cincinnati to Kankakee. Again, as in the case of the Cleveland-St. Louis series, the pictures are arranged as nearly as…