B&O 4054 and WM 7157 head a westbound Chessie System freight past Taber Coal Company. The B&O, WM, Taber Coal Company, and all but two of the tracks are gone now. How sad!
B&O 1461 at the front of B&O #7 "The Diplomat" waits at Akron Union Station on an early fall morning in 1968.
This is a companion photo to # 341844.
(Thanks to Eric Cowan for helping date this p... (more)
B&O #7 "The Diplomat" waits at Akron Union Station on a fall morning in the late 1960's. With B&O 1461 and C&O 4019, it will soon speed westward towards Chicago.
It's 42 years ago, and my world was black and white not color.
Here's a Hudson-bound early Penn Central local with PRR 2210 and NYC 1753 heading north under the East Exchange Street bridge. Behin... (more)