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Hey ... wait just a dam sec here . Not that Matt ??? what ? We need to change things up a bit now ... Oh nice shot's BTW ...
But that's from Matt... PRR nut.. Matt not that Matt . LOL
Nice shots. I couldn't help but notice the phase III baggage car and that the transition sleeper car is not connected to it. The transition sleeper car has a single level height diaphragm on one end and a superliner height one on the other end.Amtrak's Empire Builder train #7 made its stop here at Wisconsin Dells, now time to get up to track speed and make its next stop at Tomah
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It's early September, 1952 at Cincinnati Union Depot, and the mid-afternoon rush is in full swing. Departing from track 9 is the LE&E's Metropolitan Limited, en-route to Boston. By this date, most of the consist has been upgraded with streamlined cars, and most head-end traffic has been transferred to other trains in an attempt to cut the schedule down to 18 hours between Chicago and the Bay State, via Cincinnati. The brief renaissance is soon to end, however. By this time next year this train will have once again been relegated to secondary status as passenger losses began to creep on the railroad's bottom line.
Backing into the terminal just in front is the CA&L's Gulf Ranger, inbound from New Orleans. The approach to the Cincinnati Central Belt Line's Ohio River Bridge, CA&L's access to the Queen City proper from the south, meant most trains were forced to back into and out of the terminal. This time-consuming move must have been a headache for the tower operators, as it tied up several main tracks, however the CA&L's use of Union Depot, and the oddball maneuver, would remain until the end of CA&L passenger service to Cincinnati.
In the foreground, an OR&W EMC TA has just cut off from the Vanguard, in from Kansas City about fifteen minutes prior. The crew will navigate past the constant flow of traffic towards the Ohio River coach yards and engine terminal, where the locomotive will be serviced for the return trip the next morning.
Amidst all of this action, a MNRR freight train passes on the freight tracks on the foreground, and switchers shuffle cars to and fro. The riverfront operations in Cincinnati were certainly a bottleneck, to say the least!