From the archives #98 (Administration Building NYC 20th Century Limited)

[Stu Chapman]

Stu-
Sorry, can't make it this weekend. You have a better memory than me -- I had already forgotten about that heavy debt. Now that you've reminded me, I'll be sure to arrange repayment somehow.
Skip

We'll just have to do it at the International Meet. Hope you can last that long.
Stu Chapman

[Skip Lackie]

You're not petty, just accurate. Great quality to have! BTW are you going to South Bend this weekend? I still owe you a beverage.
Stu Chapman

Stu-
Sorry, can't make it this weekend. You have a better memory than me -- I had already forgotten about that heavy debt. Now that you've reminded me, I'll be sure to arrange repayment somehow.
Skip

[Stu Chapman]

Dick-
Thanks for using the correct term Grand Central TERMINAL. (Using the term "station" is proof of sloppy research.) GCT (built by the New York Central) is a terminal because all tracks terminate there. There are no through tracks. Pennsylvania Station, the other major station in New York (built by the Pennsylvania RR) is a station because trains can pass through it on the Washington (and south) to Boston (and north) route.

Some may think me petty, but it's the approximate equivalent of the difference between sedan and hardtop.

You're not petty, just accurate. Great quality to have! BTW are you going to South Bend this weekend? I still owe you a beverage.
Stu Chapman

[tbirdtbird]

"One employee hanging out the window watching it go by. "
wow what an eye

[Dennis L. Henry]

Yes, that is correct.

Thank You.. I remember this section of track fairly well. In July of 1975, the Freedom Train visited South Bend. During its time in South Bend, my father, uncle, and I shadowed it all around town, and it spent a great deal of time up on those tracks near Union Station on one of the sidings.

[Studebaker Wheel]

Yes, that is correct.

[Dennis L. Henry]

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...g?t=1335333354

Is this train travelling eastbound, i.e. the photographer is aiming to the west-south-west? Sure seems like it to me.

[SN-60]

Studebaker really got it right with their script design. And Packard wasn't far behind!

[kurtruk]

In the fifth picture on the page at this link, there is a picture of a crew removing ice in the 20's or 30's from the track pans on the PRR, which were located about 12 miles west of my house:

http://www.hoosiervalley.org/photos/...photos/page-5/

Could have been a nifty ice-skating track!

[BobPalma]

What Joe Roberts said. Great stuff. Thanks for the research and posting, everyone. BP

[JRoberts]

What interesting stuff! Thanks to all who are contributing to this thread.

[556063]

In the fifth picture on the page at this link, there is a picture of a crew removing ice in the 20's or 30's from the track pans on the PRR, which were located about 12 miles west of my house:

http://www.hoosiervalley.org/photos/...photos/page-5/

[PlainBrownR2]

Perfect! To add to the photos I've found an NYC track pan in use by one of the regular Hudsons. If you can't wait to see it in the video, it's at the 16:46 mark for the 18 minute video. The scoop to bring in the water is on the right side(from the rear of the locomotive), and is the square looking device centered in the middle of the tender between the two pairs of six wheeled trucks. Believe it or not, this is an identifying characteristic on the NYC engines, since they relied on the track pans on the railroad. The video shows how they bring in, recondition, turn around, and send out the steam engines back out again on the NYC system. It's a rather informative piece, and now I know why the diesels took over when they did, because there is ALOT of work to do to maintain those beautiful and impressive beasts .

Here's the link to the video:
http://youtu.be/OVXgSn86Y1c

[clonelark]

Found a couple of pictures of the track pans and another of the train using one. Not for the train mentioned above, but you get the idea.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rgvrrm/3206567151/

http://www.aamrc.org/hvrrhs/trackpans

[Studebaker Wheel]

Thanks for posting this Dick!

Also, I've taken my framed copy (c/o you) down from the wall, and I see that I was mistaken about "Otto."
I was thinking of Carl Thompson's letter to the TW that identified the photographer as Carl Tuveson of the Studebaker Printing, Photographic and Mailing Division.

Thanks again, Gary

Gary; Thanks for the input. I most certainly should have credited Carl Tuveson for the photo. I knew Carl personally and in fact he is the person most responsible for getting me involved in collecting Studebaker (and Packard) photos. If I recall Carl began his career at Studebaker in 1936 when they first started doing their own photography. Prior to that it was done by outside contractors. He was still there in 1963. He took home a lot of his best work and am glad he did! I bought his entire collection of Studebaker photos plus a few hundred Packard 8 X 10 negatives (1902-1956). I still have all of them. He passed away in the early 1970s. Wish I would have asked more questions. I will post a humorous photo of him later.