Love all these old pics. Thank you very much!
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Thanks for sharing this peek into the past. The photo captures many elements of 1954 railroading and your friend adds the special, personal touch.
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As stated before, loaded livestock cars were normally carried on the head end as priority freight. In this case, close examination of this wonderful view reveals that this is a double deck livestock car loaded with sheep. Looking closely we can see white sheep just above the bottom side board, and also just above the sixth side board. That sixth side board rests on the board ends of the second.deck. As a young boy of twelve to fifteen years old I loaded many of these cars, but they were either L. & N. or C.& O. and went to Chicago on The L. & N.
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Great photo from days long ago. Thanks, John. That street with the steep hill, I would NOT want to be anywhere near it when it was snowing! PS. John, do you have any Pennsy photos thru NW Indiana? Valpo, Hobart, Gary, Hammond?
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I have photos from most of the places mentioned. Please look in my files for thes. Also I will have more PRR views in the future.
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I have PRR/PC photos tahken in Valpariso and other places on the PRR Fort Wayne line.
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