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In the preceding footnote, reference was made to the separation of the main line at QD into three branches, the Lakefront, C.U.T., and Belt (the latter is also known as the Short Line). These lines diverge and pass through the north, central and south portions of Cleveland, respectively, then merge again at BE tower in Berea, a western suburb of the city. The Lakefront, shown here at East Ninth Street, is the most direct of these routes and the one most free of rail functions, industrial switching, and other obstructions to traffic. As a consequence, it is used by those members of the passenger “fleet” which do not have scheduled stops at Union Terminal, and by most fast freights stopping only in Collinwood. Included in these categories, as far as the Big Four is concerned, are No’s. 15 and 16, the “Ohio State Limited’s” between New York and Cincinnati, and such hotshots as CSL-3, NY/BFNY-4 and 2/DFNY-4. On the east end, the Lakefront is three-and four-tracked for seven miles between QD and a point with the unimaginative but appropriate name of “Double Track”. The scene above a short distance east of Double Track, includes in the immediate foreground, the main tracks of the Pennsylvania and in the background, mammoth Municipal Stadium of the Cleveland Indians. The four rather weed-covered Lakefront mains here are embraced by the signal bridge. Double Track is immediately beyond this bridge, and C&P Crossing, illustrated on the next page, is under the smaller highway overpass about 500 feet further west.

Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor

2-1/4x3-1/4 neg

Oct-53

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Lakefront, Cleveland, OH

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