A B&W nostalgic feast for the eyes!
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1973 shouldn't look so ancient, should it? Great shot.
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| Posted by on March 4, 2011 | |
What a shot, awesome one.
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The PC line crossing the GM&O at Bloomington was the old New York Central's Peoria & Eastern subsidiary. The P&E had proper black and gray, lightning-striped GP7s for power, but each carried an oval P&E logo on its cab sides while the road number was placed high on the siodes of the short hood.
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Very nice photo, Wayne
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I stopped by the spot about 10 years ago just to see what was left. The station, the bridge the photographer is standing on, the building on the right and the grain elevator in the background had passed into the history books, as have (probably) every piece of rolling stock and motive power in the photo. The former GM&O line is down to single track, but the former PC (ex-NYC) line still crosses. I'm very happy that there's lots of photos of classic scenes like this one.
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| Posted by on March 4, 2011 | |
Why does an at-grade crossing of the PC and GMO have a B&O CPL signal protecting the crosssing. This is very odd, can someone shed some light on this? Interesting picture
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| Posted by James on March 4, 2011 | |
The GM&O #103, isnt this the same engine that is used in the end of The Heat of the Night that is leaving the station at the end of the movie? Nice photo.
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A fine photo, brings back lots of memories. CPL's are there because of B&O's ownership interest in the Alton Route. Today, looking south from the road on the other side of the PC train you would not recognize the vantage point the photographer had. Amtrak now stops north of this location for the Bloomington/Normal stop.
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Beauty of a shot, lots to see in it, there is something about the gait of the conductor that is appealing and interesting.
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Definitely a trip back in time; when railroading was interesting! As a career railroader, I no longer enjoy railroads as much as I did back in the mid-to-late 1970s. Truly a time that is lost forever, save for the photographs and memories.
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SUPERB PHOTO !! The continuing saga of "The Trials and Tribulations of Amtrak." Sometimes, regrettably, it seems "the more things change, the more they stay the same." I agree with Janusz, the Conductors "body language" seems to say it all . . ."You're telling me we're STUCK here until WHEN . . .I am NOT amused."
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I've stood on that bridge many times too and remember many of the details shown. Love the memories you have brought back. As many have mentioned the bridge this was taken from and most of the buildings and equipment seen are all now gone. There were actually 4 tracks crossing here. 2 for the GM&O, one for the PC and one for N&W. At this time there is one track remaining in each direction. The PC track is removed, the N&W is now NS and the remaining GM&O track is now UP. One last detail. Even though there are signals located here this crossing required a stop for each train before crossing. Apparently this crossing was not designed as an interlocking so everyone had to stop before proceeding. I never really understood why it was done that way but that is the way it was. You can see just in front of the PC loco's the operators cabin that controlled this crossing.
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| Posted by FSWood on March 24, 2011 | |
No, David, 1973 shouldn't look so ancient! Wonder if there was enough action during a day to warrant hanging aroun a while, strolling over to the place with the Pepsi sign for a pop and a hot dog then coming back to watch trains and enjoy being outside.
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This photo was taken from a 2nd story window in the depot.
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