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My stepfather used to tell how he hand bombed this type of engine on the hump with putting it in the corners every time, back when he was a kid in...
Elkhart when steam was king
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Your order is from JK tower on the South Bend to Ladd Branch of the NYC Western Div. commonly called the Kankakee line (3K). It was where the 3K...
The Jets had a short life as they blew not only snow, but ballast and everything else not tied down. the damage bill to nearby autos and...
Robert R Young who controlled the C&O attempted to gain a seat on the on the board of directors of the NYC after he bought 400 thousand shares of...
WO was the tower at Waterloo Indiana where the Fort Wayne Branch crossed the mainline.
Not much to miss out on. Unless you like never being at home for family events, Never having the least idea when that phone was going to ring,...
In the "good old days" Indiana had a law requiring a 3rd brakeman on all trains of 69 cars or more. The term of "pin" refers to a brakeman,...
If the engine was on its side on the street I might know a little of the story. I worked with the 3rd pin on a train coming off the MC from Gibson...
Brimfield In. MP386.5 Toledo Div. Approx. 1906 Torn down approx. 1956 [ATTACH]
31 orders were orders were issued to the train when stopped directly by the opr. to the Engineman and Conductor and read back by them, then made...
After the engine was streamlined it was sent on a system wide tour before being put into service on the Century between Chicago and Toledo.
The Danville Sub was added to the Western Region, Western Division Main Line. Then in 1937 the seniority rosters were merged with Western Div.,...
Al Perlman Any mainline NYC people should bow down at his name as his changing the mainline into a modern railroad with cts saved us in the end....
elkhart You can search Indiana Railroads and you should find a site with some old pics of Ekkhart.
Pine yard was the NYC. Track 9&10 were for setting out to the "J" while they delivered to us on the rest of the tracks. NE was the tower that used...
