Nostalgia & History > Memories of the 40's and 50's part 5

This one is on the C&NW in South Dakota

WALL

taken on 15th August 1949

is the line through here still in use?

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i found a few more from that day in Omaha in September 1949

this one UP 2-8-2 #2242 switching at Union Station

Missouri Pacific 4-8-2 #5225 is also in the shot

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a UP transfer heads eastbound for Council Bluffs shortly after......

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UP #5024 a 2-10-2 comes out of the station shadows into a patch of sunlight soon after...

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a westbound drag with 128 cars then passes with a 2-10-2 and a 4-12-2 doubleheading locomotives #5012 and #9512...

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one from my eastern collection dated 1952 i do not have the exact date however.

it's Lynchburg,VA and on the Norfolk and Western an ex Chesapeake and Ohio C-3 0-8-0 locomotive is the station switcher complete with crew for a ride

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LesWhite Wrote:
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> This one is on the C&NW in South Dakota
>
> WALL
>
> taken on 15th August 1949
>
> is the line through here still in use?


WALL. The quintessential tourist trap. Advertised by roadside signs in every state, on every continent, in every country, and probably in every language on the planet! The message is simple "Wall Drug", with an optional "Free ice water".

Matter of fact, I'll be there next Sunday. They also have some of the best carmel rolls on the planet.

Oh, and yes, to keep this on topic, th UP does still run there.

LesWhite Wrote:
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> a westbound drag with 128 cars then passes with a
> 2-10-2 and a 4-12-2 doubleheading locomotives
> #5012 and #9512...


The 9512 was actually an OSL engine that was bumped by diesels in 1948, placed into service in Nebraska and soon renumbered into the 9063 to 9077 series.

<Oh, and yes, to keep this on topic, th UP does still run there.>

Don't they wish! Actually the line through Wall is currently owned by DM&E, who is attempting to upgrade and extend the line to access the Powder River Basin, and compete with UP (and BNSF).

LarryDoyle Wrote:
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>
> WALL. The quintessential tourist trap.
> Advertised by roadside signs in every state, on
> every continent, in every country, and probably in
> every language on the planet!

Our family got "trapped" by Wall during the summer of 1955. To say that we were somewhat underwhelmed by the place is an understatement. But it was kind of fun, in an odd sort of way, to finally arrive at the much-advertised Wall Drug.