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Streamlined GTW 4-8-4 @ Chicago on Jan. 15, 1955 by Bruce Black. #6405-6410 were streamlined.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/19 07:52 by valmont.

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Very nice, but where "@ Chicago"? can't see any city skyline. As to "smoke", that is mostly all water vapor cloud, with very little "smoke".

HotWater Wrote:
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> Very nice, but where "@ Chicago"? can't see any
> city skyline. As to "smoke", that is mostly all
> water vapor cloud, with very little "smoke".

Thanks for that ....  I've changed my subject line ... and Bruce just wrote 'Chicago'



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/19 07:56 by valmont.

Looks like the rear end of this eastbound has just cleared 71st. St.
The head end will be crossing the BRC in a few seconds.

HotWater Wrote:
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> Very nice, but where "@ Chicago"? can't see any
> city skyline. As to "smoke", that is mostly all
> water vapor cloud, with very little "smoke".

Grumble grumble grumble

My Dad's favourite locomotives were the CN 6400's. Nice photo.

You could still say nice plume.  Luckily the wind was blowing the other way as well.
My dad saw some of these and got a cab ride from Detroit to Durand in one.  We have his movies
of GTW steam in a video we did call "Vintage Steam In The East".  Anyway there is a clip of 6405 backing
from the end of track at the station in Detroit.  He may have ridden the cab of that one from Durand, or just gotten
off the train.  I got to go with him a couple times since he often had business contacts in Ovid and Muskegan, Michigan.
Somewhere I have a shot I took with 2 steam engines facing each other at Durand.  The train from Muskegan had 4-6-2 #5629 (the Jensen Engine).
The other was a bigger engine.  I think I was 5 or 6 at the time.
I miss seeing and hearing the GTW 4-8-4 6325 that ran on the Ohio Central!!
Greg Scholl
http://www.gregschollvideo.com
 

On freight no less

Hot Water is certainly allowed to your expression "Grumble, grumble, grumble". Location accuracy when known is beneficial to many of us, as well as "I don't know where in Chicago this is" (if used) and then corrected. It is very nice to see the photos and enjoy them.

Don Allender