2nd train MC-4, interlocking tower in background

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2nd train MC-4, interlocking tower in background

Steam Freight Train

First HC-4, an overnight pickup run from Cincinnati, is wrestled uphill past the high tower and the depot by engine 3026. Part of the train has been set out at Gest yard, and the remaining 48 cars will end their journey in East yard. In this respect, freights from the south come in three varieties: those which have solid East yard consists (LS-6 is generally the only one of this type); those which have solid Gest yard consists (these are infrequent except in summer months when the lake coal business is heavy enough to require solid trains); and combination trains like the one below, which include all of the regular runs except LS-6 on occasion. The crossing gate in the right background protects Chillicothe street where it is intersected by the Toledo Cincinnati line. First MC-4's train on the far side of the tower is on this line; its head end, of course, is on the Cleveland St. Louis line. The mill track, which runs behind the tower, is in the foreground.

Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor

2-1/4x3-1/4 neg

Apr-53

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301

L-3b

#3026

Alco-Schen

Bellefontaine, OH

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