Gotta remember that BEECH GROVE was built to "BUILD" equip vs just maintain same. All the cars built/maintained were handled by TRANSFER TABLES vs...
Look close & you'll see two "DROP-OPENINGS" on the bottom of the old wooden hoppers. LAB
Just now recvd a HAPPY BIRTHDAY notice and linked-up with this site , after several mos. That pic of the DUANE COAL DOCK incident rsulted from the...
Correct. The 1001's were essentially a "PUBLIC" TT, tho over the yrs portrayed freight advertising on occasion. My first brush with the "BLACK...
Forgot to mention that CLASS TWO [FRT] schedules were included in the ETT's up til the mid sixties......If you look thru NYC 'sources' on...
The FREIGHT SCHEDULES were included in the EMPLOYEE TIME TABLES that were issued at least twice yearly. Headings were "TIME TABLE No. 19 "...
With that 'PERISHABLE' on the head end, I'd hazard a guess it is NY-6 with the meat from E.St.Louis stock yards. LARRY BAGGERLY
Not sure I can answer that. The locomotives all displayed a metal sign that advised "THIS LOCOMOTIVE IS BARCO EQUIPPED!" Think it was just the...
BARCO was the low water alarm syatem that was installed on most NYC-CCC&STL-MCRR-and B&A. Essentially, when it alerted the locomotive...
These "WORK HORSES" of the B4 were my first exposure to this CLASS of steam in 1950. The ILLINOIS DIVISION used these on the CAIRO LINE , along...
In deference to "LEW", appears to me to be #312 at about "HUNKY LAKE" [ cars in backgrd look to be on a visible grade ] and those clean-out tracks...
NIAGRA locomotives were relegated to LINES WEST as DIESEL operstions progressed from the EAST. In this pic you'll note the double...
BN HIGH TOWER This "HIGH TOWER" controls ingress/egress to/from the B/4, T&OC, and St.MARYS BRANCH. To the left of the picture you'd be headed to...
