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with other locomotives at the water column and coal tower
Outside the 28-stall roundhouse at Bellefontaine, a group of steam engines stands simmering in various stages of the cycle of between run activities. In a cluster and waiting to have their fires cleaned are, from left to right, an L-2, an H-6,…
Three locomotives, #6390, #3038, and a diesel in engine terminal, coal tower in view
This photograph was taken at Springfield roundhouse in early 1953, when steam was still the dominant form of motive power on the left is the 6390, an H-6 2-8-2 which was being turned on the Bellefontaine Springfield local. The 4-8-2 on the right,…
Three locomotives
Headquarters of the Michigan District are at Anderson, about 135 miles from Jeffersonville on the south end and 120 miles from Elkhart on the north end. The yard at South Anderson is under the jurisdiction of the Indiana Division, although it is…
L-2 and IC 4-8-2 share space near the roundhouse
Kankakee, the western outpost of the Indiana Division, contributes a far smaller portion of the mainline traffic than its position as a terminal and interchange point would seem to indicate, A great deal of the business, including U.S. Steel coal in…
More steam than diesel, coal tower in background
The adjectives “gray", "dull", and "dreary” employed in the last footnote are perfectly suited to Shelby Street roundhouse and its environs. When in Indianapolis, the battered remnants of the NYC'S steam fleet come here for servicing and for whatever…
#6015, #7815 and water column in view
Leota street divides the coal dock and storage area of the engine terminal at Shelby Street from the rest of the facilities - the water plugs, ash pits, machine shop, power house, turntable, and the roundhouse itself. Except where it is crossed by…
Diesels at old enginehouse
Before the diesel servicing facilities at Gardenville were completed in 1952, layover road diesels were spotted on these tracks adjacent to the roundhouse. The latter is now torn down, and diesels have their own open-air 'roundhouse' on the north…
New diesel facility
These are the present diesel facilities at Gardenville, photographed from the hump. This is not a maintenance point, and the diesels receive only light running repairs, in addition to being fueled, watered, and sanded. A new YMCA lodge has since been…
West Shore roundhouse looking southeast
This is the West Shore roundhouse, the last bastion of steam in the Buffalo area. When this picture was taken, all freight and switching operations had been dieselized, and steam power was limited to TH&B trains, several passenger runs on the…
West Shore roundhouse looking due east
The seldom-seen array of steam power provoked another picture at the same place. Like the one preceding it, this shot was taken from Bailey Avenue bridge (it may be remembered that two pictures of the main line, previously shown, were also taken from…
Mohawks at the coal tower, Dewitt, NY
Bridge Street Overpass crosses the New York Central at the west throat of De Witt Yards, just east of the modern coal dock, the power plant, and the roundhouses. This picture was taken looking west, with the town of East Syracuse in the right…
Two Hudsons at coal tower
Two of the Central's symmetrical Hudson types, engines 5204 and 5270, are caught in an idle moment at the East Syracuse fueling station. Both are of the J-1 class and were built by Alco in 1927 and 1928, respectively. Since then they have been…
by inspection sheds
Above is the engine-inspection building at East Syracuse, referred to nine pages back in this album. Locomotives are sent here after refueling and dumping of ashes, and are given a thorough pit-inspection and lubrication; they are then backed around…
Engine terminal at South Anderson, IN
Three locos at engine terminal; water column and coal tower in background
engine terminal #3125, #3130 at Shelby St., Indianapolis, IN
Engine terminal