Nostalgia & History > Conrail Elkhart, IN Yard -- 1978

Currently Norfolk Southern, was New York Central.

It looks like Duane Hall used a telephoto lens for all these from the Hump Tower shown in the Google Map (Picture 1) with a Yellow Arrow.

Nothing is written on the slides so corrections and comments are welcome, as always.

1. Google Map today

•    Yellow Arrow = Hump Tower
•    Green Arrow = Retarder
•    Red Arrow = Diesels and Shops
•   The Classification Yard (bowl) is left.
•   A stringe of cars (arrived train) is being pushed up the Hump from the right.

2 and 3.  Looking west down the Retarder and at the Classification yard from the Hump Tower.  In picture 3 cars are rolling into the Yard at the lower end of the Retarder.



Edited 8 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/21 18:37 by MartyBernard.

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4. Scene.

5. Conrail SD38 6951 built as PC 6951 in Aptil 1970, Conrail Elkart, IN Yard, Duane Hall photo, 1978

6. Scene.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/21 18:08 by MartyBernard.

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7. Looks like car scale with the operator's office has been removed.  Looks like the scale weighed one axle at a time???  [EDIT]  boxcar1954 wrote, "I think that is a short length of retarder used to assist getting pins at the crest, etc probably controlled by hump conductor."


Thanks Duane,
Marty Bernard



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/21 19:17 by MartyBernard.

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MartyBernard Wrote:
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> 7. Looks like car scale with the operator's office
> has been removed. 

I think that is a short length of retarder used to assist getting pins at the crest, etc probably controlled by hump conductor. 
Great 'semi-vintage' photos of the yard and area, thanks for posting. Bowl looks pretty well represented.