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Photo day—Crossing over at Lima
A southbound Chessie System (B&O) freight bounces through the crossovers located just north of NS Tower in Lima, Ohio on 23 May 1982. Lead unit Western Maryland SD40 #7570 still wears the line’s attractive “speed lettering” livery. Delivered to the […]
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Photo day—Spring weather near Tecumseh
The leaves on the line side trees are coming out as Conrail’s “Clinton Local” approaches Tecumseh, Michigan on 21 May 1981. The train had just crossed the River Raisin trestle and was leaning into the curve behind Paul’s Trailer Court […]
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Photo day—PC lives on at Clinton
Conrail had been in existence for four months already in August 1976 when Edward Hodges photographed equipment for the Conrail Clinton Local behind the Budd Company plant at Clinton, Michigan. Yet the equipment is still in untouched Penn Central paint, a […]