Remarks: Grand Central Terminal on 42nd between Lex and Madison - Opened on Feburary 2, 1913, Manhattan's only surviving large station (Pennsylvania Station was razed in 1964), hosts 67 tracks on two levels (41 on the first floor, 26 below). Every time I walk in there, I still feel the same magical feeling I felt the first time I walked in as a young railfan in 1977... it was such an un-railfan-able location, but knowing so much railroading (including all the IRT subway lines) was happening just below the floors, I was just enthralled to be there.
Remarks: Shown sitting with a repainted and lettered Penn Central sister near Chicago, EMD F7(A) 1798 was spotted in full New York Central colors in April 1971.
Remarks: Mail and express #473 was carded for 2:13pm at Crestline, carrying passengers only as far as Galion. Perhaps 472 is running behind today, as the eastbound counterpart, #473, was carded for 3:10pm (1956 Ohio Div. TT), and had just cleared the depot ahead of this train, led by a Mohawk 4-8-2. The Crestline tower is just out of view to the left. To see the numerous companion views of this day's action, click on "NYC 6014" or "Crestline" above.
Remarks: A suspected Mohawk-led mail and express train, with 4 head-end mail cars, slows to stop at Crestline. It was scheduled into Crestline at 3:10 and did not carry passengers (1956 Ohio Div. TT). During the stop, a Niagara-led passenger train pulled in on the main closest to John, the counterpart to this train, #473. To see it, click here.
