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| cnymod, 1950 (source) Raymond Storey posted Rick J Brandenburg Sr. Big Mohawk, with smoke lifter elephant ears .. Dennis DeBruler It looks like there is a water tower, pump house and standpipe on the left side of the photo. The NYC did have some huge coaling towers. The guts are still standing. https://www.google.com/.../@43.0624623,-76.../data=!3m1!1e3 |
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| Richard L Vanderbilt shared James Torgeson's post of Greg Johnson's post A fossil record of the period when America moved with coal, steel, and boiling water. New York Central Railroad steam locomotive coaling tower still standing in East Syracuse. Andy Rezsnyak Four little ones for passenger engines... Big one for freight engines... They washed the coal for the passenger engines to keep them clean from coal dust, thats what I was told anyhow... Philip A. Edwards Andy Rezsnyak is right. The coal for passenger trains was more refined egg-sized for a cleaner more efficient burn consumption. This modern concrete tower replaced a large wooden structure that was built originally on that site. |
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| Greg Johnson commented on his post Here's how the East Syracuse coaling tower looked in life. (Click photo for enlargement) Thanks to the New York Central Historical Association. Two Hudsons, J-lb 5204 and J-lc 5270, rest at the 1937-built East Syracuse fueling station. High-speed passenger mains 1 and 2 are in the foreground; an Automatic Train Stop sender is visible on track 2. The recording tapes generated by the ATS system were read originally by a thirty-man force headquartered in Buffalo Central Terminal, but by the 1960s, only three of them remained; their primary function was furnishing defensive testimony in lawsuits brought after crossing accidents. (Jeremy Taylor Photo, NYCSHS Collection) |
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| Mike Noble commented on James' post When it was in use Phillip Winchester collection CNYNRHS |
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| Mike Noble commented on James' post Another view |
You can still see the land scars of some of the roundhouse stalls:
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| Mike Noble commented on James' post |
It is a big railyard. They have a long intermodal yard and still have a hump. Hunter may have closed this hump yard, but it looked like it was still active when the satellite image was captured. Although the hump tracks are stub-ended.
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