Extra east passing grain elevator

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Extra east passing grain elevator

Steam Locomotive

In just a few seconds, Extra 2921 east will have divided the town of Clarks Hill in half and, further, will have sealed off the halves most effectively with a line of swaying highcars. Moreover, less than half of its 69-car train (at any one time ) will be guilty of this temporary restriction on social activity. High Street, as may be recalled, is down by the depot, which is visible between the elevator and the boxcar; White Street is quaking under the pounding of the 2921 in the foreground; and Pearl Street, third and last and presently the target of a screaming whistle-blast, is a few car lengths behind the camera. The 'business section' of town is on the north side of the tracks (on the right, below), and the 'residential area' is on the south side (on the left). The grain elevator and adjacent coal yard form a perfect backdrop for this embodiment of railroad operations in the rural heart of the midwest -- between them, they are the 'ham and eggs' of trackside commercial enterprise throughout this vast area.

Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor

2-1/4x3-1/4 neg

10/1955

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4-8-2

493

L-2b

#2921

Alco-Schen

Clarks Hill, IN