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fitz
April 3rd, 2001, 12:37 AM
OK guys, we need help again. Ron Morse sent me this neat photo of Niagara 6004 and wants to know where it was taken. Do any of you recognize the city? :confused: The scan lacks the definition of the original. Part of the sign on the distant building over the engine says "Dixie Flyer."
http://www.pioneer.net/~fitzrr/niagara1.jpg

[ 02 April 2001: Message edited by: fitz ]
Hytec
April 3rd, 2001, 02:37 AM
Fitz, can the photo be re-scanned at a very high resolution, selecting only the sign? If that area could be blown up, maybe you could make out more details ... ? Or make out another sign on another building?

"Dixie Flyer" might indicate Louisville, KY, but do you think that we would have seen a Niagara in Loiusville, or the NYC coach(or baggage, or RPO?) behind it?

Hank
fitz
April 3rd, 2001, 07:23 AM
A Niagara in Louisville?? Naaah. Let's see if this version is clearer.
http://www.pioneer.net/~fitzrr/niagara2.jpg

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fitz
April 4th, 2001, 12:36 AM
Correction--both Ron and I have looked at the sign on the building, and it says "......Flyer Dixie Limited C&EI". There was probably something ahead of Flyer but it's cut off in the photo. C&EI would be Chicago and Eastern Illinois. That doesn't necessarily make it in Chicago, as the C&EI had a lot of track in Illinois as did the NYC. :confused:
eddelozier
April 4th, 2001, 01:23 AM
Hummm..... It's not LaSalle Rail Station in Chicago? (With the tall tower building in the background 'painted out'.

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lost/nyc6000.jpg
fitz
April 4th, 2001, 05:27 AM
That sure is a similar picture, Eddie. Like I told Ron, all of those cities looked alike back then. I still don't know...........
Fitz :confused:
hudsonut1
April 4th, 2001, 07:13 AM
Hey Jim
Didja notice that Eddie guy with that Penn...O I can't even say it.I think he is trying ta confuse the issue...with all that smoke and steam,and a dark picture...
I do believe it is Chicago.
Thanks for the help.
Ron :D
fitz
April 4th, 2001, 11:24 PM
Shel Lustig has decided it's Chicago, too. I guess that's the answer. smile.gif
Fitz
rhensley_anderson
April 5th, 2001, 06:08 PM
I didn't get a chance to reply earlier, but I would bet on Chicago as well.