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11 photographs

A green and cream streetcar on a cobbled street under trolley wires. A truck and a bus follow it, a gray diesel passenger train runs on an embankment behind parked 1950s cars, and brick warehouses stand at right.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar crosses a cobblestone intersection near Archer Avenue, Chicago, as a New York Central passenger train passes behind. October 8, 1957 · Chicago, IL

Three dark gray New York Central diesel locomotives with a shark-shaped nose and white stripes pull a long line of boxcars along the top of a brushy embankment under a blue sky.

A New York Central freight led by three gray diesel units, the lead one numbered 38[?][?], climbs an embankment, likely near Avon Yard, Indiana. February 1963 · Avon Yards, IN

A dark New York Central diesel locomotive with white striped nose and lit headlight leads two more units and a freight train under a steel signal bridge with searchlight signals on an overcast day.

New York Central diesel 1828 leads a three-unit freight under a signal bridge, likely near Cleveland, Ohio. November 1963 · Cleveland, OH

A blue and yellow New York Central GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 484, is pulling a stream of silver passenger cars along a track next to a station platform under a clear sky.

A New York Central EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 484, pulls a passenger train through a station on a clear summer day. 1964 · Erie, PA

A dark green diesel locomotive with a white stripe and a CENTRAL herald on its nose leads a line of units and cars along a double-track line past a black ACY hopper car, with a white grain elevator and a pole line under a gray sky.

New York Central 4057 leads a passenger train past Akron, Canton and Youngstown hopper 7306, likely at Fort Wayne, Indiana. September 1965 · Fort Wayne, IN

A gray streamlined diesel locomotive with a CENTRAL herald on its nose and a booster unit behind it pulls a line of express cars along multiple tracks past brick freight houses.

New York Central diesel locomotive 400[?] leads a head-end train near Roosevelt Road in Chicago. 1966 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL

Two dark gray New York Central diesel passenger locomotives with a white side stripe, 4010 leading with its headlight on, pull a long passenger train past empty tracks under an overcast sky.

New York Central diesel locomotives 4010 and 4054 head a passenger train beside a signal mast, probably in Toledo, Ohio. September 1966 · Toledo, OH

A dark gray New York Central streamlined diesel and a hood-type diesel pull a long train of baggage, express and passenger cars along a grassy embankment under transmission towers on an overcast day.

New York Central passenger train led by locomotive 4068 and a hood unit numbered 410, on an embankment, with the note placing it at Berea, Ohio. June 1967 · Berea, OH

A dark diesel locomotive with a light stripe and an oval herald on its nose, its headlight lit, leads more units and a long line of boxcars past a pole line and a row of small frame buildings under a gray sky.

New York Central 4022 leads a multi-unit diesel set and a long freight train along a multi-track main line. June 1967 · Northeast, PA

A black diesel locomotive with a white nose stripe and an oval New York Central herald leads a second unit and a long line of boxcars along a main line, with brick buildings and parked cars at left and dry grass and telegraph poles at right.

New York Central F-unit [?]750 leads a Penn Central-era freight train on a multiple-track main line, likely at North East, Pennsylvania. March 8, 1969 · Northeast, PA

A dark gray New York Central streamlined diesel locomotive numbered 4031, with a white band and an oval CENTRAL herald, stands with a second unit and a train of passenger cars beside a station platform on an overcast day.

New York Central 4031 heads a passenger train at a station platform, likely in Erie, Pennsylvania. November 1969 · Erie, PA