Westbound freight using passenger main
Identifier
NG506041
Title
Westbound freight using passenger main
Subject
Steam Freight Train
Description
Reading from right to left, the NYC's mainline track scheme as shown by this photograph goes as follows: track one, eastbound passenger; track two, westbound passenger; track three, westbound freight, and track four, eastbound freight. This train was using the westbound passenger track because the freight main was being tested by a Sperry rail-detector car. It is extra 2779, 65 cars powered by a class L-2a 4-8-2, and was roaring along at about 55 m.p.h. Speed limit on the freight tracks is 45 m.p.h., so that fast symbol freights are often turned out on tracks one and two when passenger traffic is not too heavy.
Creator
Jeremy Taylor
Contributor
Jeremy Taylor
Format
2-1/4x3-1/4 neg
Shopping
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Negative Number
58
Class-Lot
L-2a
Road Number
#2779
Builder
Alco-Schen
Location
Canastota, NY
Notes
See NG506041a
Collection
Citation
Jeremy Taylor, “Westbound freight using passenger main,” New York Central System Historical Society, accessed May 6, 2024, https://nycshs.omeka.net/items/show/86333.
Comments
Sheldon Lustig
The track #’s wrong. R to L, they are #2 EB, #1 WB, #3 WB, #4 EB.