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exNYC_baggage_CrestlineOh_Dec78.jpg
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Ex-New York Central baggage car at Crestline,Ohio.
This baggage car without trucks was used as storage by the Penn Central at the back of the ex-PRR roundhouse and shops.
An interesting device in the foreground -- I wonder if it was used by the Pennsy in the shops?
December 1978
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LN_mainline_BirminghamAl_Sept78.jpg
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A view from the vestibule of the Southern Crescent arriving at Birmingham,Al.
This is looking north on the L&N Nashville line - former route of the Hummingbird and still home to Amtrak's Floridian -- as evidenced by the passenger train speeds on the board under the signal.
September 1978
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NOUPT3_NewOrleansUnionSt_June76.jpg
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New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal SW8 #3 at the New Orleans station.
Built in 1953 for use at the station.
June 1976
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CottonBelt819_Illinois_July90.jpg
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Cotton Belt #819 in Illinois
After a very successful trip to the 1990 NRHS convention in St.Louis, #819 heads back home to Pine Bluff thru Illinois.
#819 is stored where it was built -- at the Cotton Belt Shops in Pine Bluff.
Stored servicable? I'm not sure.
July 1990
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GO903_Toronto_Dec80-2.jpg
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Go Transit FP7 #903 is about to arrive at Toronto Union Station.
December 1980
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airdevice_NewOrleans_UnionSt_Aug80.jpg
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Old air device at New Orleans Union Station
Hard to see thru the steam leaks , but this ancient looking device was being used on the rear of the Sunset Ltd at Union Station.
It was a two way hose to keep both the brake pipe and conductors signal line charged with air. That way when the locomotives back onto the train the brake pipe has been precharged and the cars are ready for a brake test. This system also provides air preasure for the water systems while the cars are sitting in the depot (thanks to "morail" on Trainorders for this info).
August 1980
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exSP_freightdepot_BrenhamTx_Aug80.jpg
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Ex-SP freight depot at Brenham,Tx.
This is on what is left of the SP Houston & Texas Central Houston-Austin line (parts of which were abandoned in the late 50's).
The interlocking signal is for the crossing with the Santa Fe Southern Division.
The wig wag may have been the last one in Texas.
August 1980
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GoTran902_Toronto_2_Dec80.jpg
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A GO Transit train is leaving Union Station in Toronto passing by the Canadian National Spadina St shops.
December 1980
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TCS510_GeorgetownTx_April81.jpg
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(1) Texas Crushed Stone Baldwin #510 at Georgetown,Tx
DS44-750 #510 was built in 1949 for the Texas Mexican RR. It was sold to TCS sometime in the 70's and worked at their gravel yard/pit in Georgetown. Later it worked the TCS gravel yard near the MKT Eureka Yard in Houston till the mid-80's when it was no longer needed.
Luckily it was saved and aquired by the Gulf Coast Chapter NRHS in Houston. They have painted it back to the original Tex-Mex paint scheme.
April 1981
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TxSouthern104_SanAntonio_May87.jpg
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Texas Southern F units at San Antonio.
F units move around the Texas Southern shops (ex-SP) in San Antonio. SP was still using the buildings to the left.
The Texas Southern operated a great looking dinner train on the SP Sunset Route mainline from San Antonio to Hondo.
The units came from the US Steel line in Wyoming.
Unfortunately, most everything was sold around '90 or so.
May 1987
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PIR_2340_2342_McKeesRocksPa_Nov98.jpg
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(1) Pittsburgh Industrial RR engines at McKees Rocks,Pa
SW1500 #2340 and 2342 at the ex-P&LE shops at McKees Rocks,Pa.
I believe the Ohio Central took over this line and these engines are elsewhere?
EMD100469 on Trainorders said:
The P&LE did own part of where these locomotives are setting but it wasn't called the P&LE it was the PC&Y Railroad (Pittsburg Chartiers and Youghiogheny). That is the POHC yard office in one of those shots. The Ohio Central does own the railroad now and its called the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central. When it was bought these 2 locos costed too much and were not bought when the deal went through. I belive that one of them is still in the PIR paint, it wasn't long ago I came across the photos of it online.
SD40T-2_fan on Trainorders said:
Both engines are now on the Indiana & Ohio Railway, and both still in full PIR paint and markings, one is based in Lancaster,Ohio on the Lancaster switcher the other is floating around Cincinnati,Ohio on local jobs.
November 1998
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Boxcars_Houston_June76a.jpg
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I made a quick stop along I-10 in downtown Houston for these interestng boxcars on the MKT. Today it's almost impossible to tell that there was ever a railroad at this spot.
June 1976
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WRRC_Baldwin_Dec77.jpg
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(1) WRRC Baldwin #1107 in Texas
Here is VO-1000 #1107 on the Western Railroad Company in Texas.
I don't exactly remember where this was -- I believe it was along the Missouri Pacific. I remember seeing WRRC engines from the InterAmerican. It might have been near New Braunfels?
Anyway #1107 was built in 1943 for the Colorado & Wyoming.
Luckily it was saved and is now at the Age of Steam Railroad Museum in Dallas.
December 1977
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WRRC_Baldwin_Dec77b.jpg
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(2) WRRC Baldwin #1107 in Texas
Here is VO-1000 #1107 on the Western Railroad Company in Texas.
December 1977
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C&O2707_BrooksidePark_Cleveland_Dec78.jpg
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C&O 2-8-4 #2707 at park in Cleveland
After retirement in 1955 #2707 was placed at Brookside Park till it was sent to a scrapper shortly after this shot. It was later saved
and stored at the B&O roundhouse in Cleveland. In the early 90's it was moved to its current location at the Illinois Railroad Museum.
That's the info I found while searching around the net.
December 1978
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