Charles Marcks' Railfan Photos



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1:
 Arriving at Portsmouth, Ohio on the "Powhatan Arrow" (N&W) just 3 days prior to the last runs of Nos. 25 & 26
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2:
 B&O Passenger Check
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3:
 In the dome on B&O's Cincinnatian around 1970 or 1971
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4:
 B&O observation (Business?) car at CUT in 1969
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5:
 Sleeping car on Chesapeake & Ohio's "George Washington" at CUT in 1969.
It is leaving for Washington DC
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6:
 Diner-lounge on the C&O's "George Washington" at CUT in July 1968.
This diner-lounge is kind of interesting. It lacks the blue stripe because it was originally built for the "Chessie", an train to be pulled by an experimental steam turbine-electric which the C&O never ran in revenue service.
Chip was told the "Chessie" cars would be distinctively decorated without the blue stripe.
This car ended up serving on C&O trains 1 and 2 as the automobile and airplane took over long distance transportation.
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7:
 PRR (PC) "Cincinnati Limited" departing Cincinnati Union Terminal in the Summer of '69
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8:
 Cincinnati Union Terminal in 1969
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9:
 Cincinnati Union Terminal platforms and the CUT switcher in 1971
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10:
 Cincinnati Union Terminal decked out for Transportation Day 1969
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11:
 Observation car interior on the CZ, Christmas 1970.
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12:
 From left to right: PC's "Cincinnati Limited", PC's "Riley" and cars for N&W's Pocahontas & C&O's Cincinnatian at CUT
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13:
 Conductor returning to B&O's "Cincinnatian" with train orders at Hamilton, Ohio just prior to Amtrak Day in 1971
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14:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:13:35 EST
Subject: B&O Cincinnatian Northbound @ Glendale(Cincinnati),OH 1970
A one car Cincinnatian bound for Detroit from Cincinnati. Often it carried a B&O "Strata Dome" instead of the standard coach.
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15:
 Burlington (BN) 9936 with the Denver Zephyr at Monmouth, Illinois in the summer of 1970
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16:
 GM&O #1 departing Bloomington, IL in 1970 or '71
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17:
 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's "The Limited" train #1 at Bloomington, ILL in 1971.
The photos were developed in 1971, however I suspect they were taken in the summer of 1970, but I'm not positive.
If they were taken in 1971 I snapped them in the spring close to Amtrak Day as the trees are all green,etc.
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18:
 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's station at Bloomington, IL.
According to the Official Guide southbound #1 was due in Bloomington around 1:25PM
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19:
 GM&O #1 "The Limited" southbound at Bloomington, IL in 1970 or '71
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20:
 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's "The Limited" train #1 at Bloomington, IL.
#1 still carried a Parlor Car and a Diner. You can see the chef looking out of the diner, a heavyweight car at that.
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21:
 Amtrak combined George Washington/James Whitcomb Riley at Lafayette, IN 1972
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22:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:07:03 EDT
Subject: "SHENNANDOAH" at Cincinnati's old River Road Station. "SHENNANDOAH" ran to Washington via Parkersburg on the old B&O mainline.
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23:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:12:14 EDT
Subject: KCS sleeper "Stuart Knott" with "SHENNANDOAH" at Cincnnati,1980
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24:
 L&N's "Pan American" departs CUT on a frigid day. 1969
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25:
 Pan American (L&N) leaving Cincinnati for Louisville and New Orleans in 1971
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26:
 L&N's Pan American leaving CUT for New Orleans in 1971
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27:
 CB&Q (Burlington Route aka Burlington Northern) station at Monmouth, IL in the summer of 1970
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28:
 From the rear of N&W #26 at Mt. Oreb, Ohio in 1969
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29:
 Interior shot of the hallway on a 10 & 6 N&W sleeper, again on the Pocahontas in 1969
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30:
 N&W's "Pocahontas" arrives from Norfolk with the usual dome car in the consist at CUT in 1971
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31:
 From the dome on the N&W's Pocahontas approaching CUT in 1969
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32:
 Dining car on the N&W's Pocahontas in 1969
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33:
 View from the dome on N&W's Pocahontas westbound near Batavia, OH in the late 1960's
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34:
 Just 3 days prior to final run N&W's Powhatian Arrow at Portsmouth, Ohio 1969
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35:
 N&W Powhatan Arrow (Nos. 25 & 26) at Portsmouth, Ohio in 1969
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36:
 Here's one I found the other day. I had it labeled "NYC Office Car". It was taken at Winton Place Station in suburban Cincinnati in 1967.
I assume it was either at the rear of an NYC train headed north to Columbus and Cleveland or on the rear of a PRR Cincinnati-Logansport-Chicago train.
In later years the NYC service to Columbus and Cleveland was a single RDC car. So this was either just prior to the RDC or was a PRR train.
NYC's other service in Cincinnati (The James Whitcomb Riley to Chicago) didn't pass through Winton Place as I recall.
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37:
 New York Central System ticket from 1964
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38:
 I was rooting around in the attic last week and found this Penn Central Ticket Stub (Pass Check)
I recently read in Trains that PC memorabilia is hard to find.
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39:
 PC and C&O trains work their final days at CUT in 1971
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40:
 Penn Central RDC at Dayton Union Station enroute to Cincinnati from Cleveland in 1969
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41:
 Penn Central RDC arriving at CUT from Cleveland in 1969
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42:
 Penn Central's "James Whitcomb Riley" ready to depart CUT in 1971
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43:
 NYC James Whitcomb Riley at Lafayette, IN in 1964
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44:
 A little extra head end revenue for the PRR at CUT in 1969. Amtrak is still 2 years away
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45:
 PRR's "Cincinnati Limited" at CUT in 1969
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46:
 PRR's sleeper "Juniata Rapids" at CUT in 1969 on the "Cincinnati Limited" to New York City
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47:
 PRR sleeper at CUT in July of 1968
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48:
 L&N's Pan American heading south for Louisville, Nashville & New Orleans from CUT in 1971
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49:
 L&N E8 787 and a cousin back in for the Pan American at CUT in its final daysin 1971
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50:
 Snow blowing off the roof of an empty Cincinnati Union Terminal
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51:
 BNSF 4440 finds itself deep in Kentucky as it waits for a northbound to pass at S. LaGrange, KY 9/99
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52:
 The first run of the "Chesapeake Railroad" on January 17, 1997
This was a former PRR (Penn Central) line from Easton, Maryland to Clayton, DE.
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53:
 The first run of the "Chesapeake Railroad" on January 17, 1997
The trains were running between Goldsboro, Maryland and Clayton, Delaware where it interchanged with Conrail (now NS), on Maryland's Eastern Shore
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54:
 The first run of the "Chesapeake Railroad" on January 17, 1997
Chesapeake Railroads plans were to run from Easton, Maryland to Clayton.
However efforts to open the line were hampered by local politicians in Easton, who wanted a "Rails-to-Trails" line rather than a railroad.
They won. As far as I know Chesapeake Railroad never made it to Easton, MD (corrections welcome, perhaps I'm mistaken).
Cars were stopped to watch all along the line, as far as I know it had been at least 20 years since this area had rail service.
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55:
 CSX 172 eastbound leans into the curve at Harpers Ferry, WV on a bitter cold January in 1997
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56:
 CSX 602 "Spirit of Maryland" waits for a signal at "South" LaGrange, KY
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57:
 Fall pics from LaGrange street running.
These illustrate what a good place this is to take photos.
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58:
 Fall pics from LaGrange street running.
These illustrate what a good place this is to take photos.
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59:
 Westbound CSX 8514 crossing the bridge and approaching the MARC/Amtrak passenger station at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. 1997
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60:
 Southbound CSX business train at 2nd Avenue in LaGrange,KY 2/14/00
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61:
 CSX 9992 crawls through LaGrange KY at dusk 2/14/00
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62:
 CSX business train southbound through LaGrange,KY 2/14/00
Kind of looks like the B&O passing through.

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63:
 Conductor (far left) waits in the clear to inspect a northbound freight as engine 9992 waits on the main.
Having no Amtrak service on the Cincinnati-Louisville "Short Line" made the sight of a passenger train is rare in LaGrange, KY

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64:
 FP40 CSX 9992 at LaGrange,KY 2/14/00
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65:
 Fall pics from LaGrange street running.
These illustrate what a good place this is to take photos.
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66:
 The 1931 CSX tunnel portal at Harpers Ferry, WV 1997
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67:
 CSX mainline (ex-C&O) crossing the New River at Hawks Nest State Park (WV) in Summer 1999
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68:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:08:35 EDT
Subject: Plans to cross the river into downtown are still "on track".
According to the crew of the Cardinal work is being done now on the bridge over the "Mighty Ohio" as we speak.
There is still talk of going on to Nashville as well. Heck, if gas keeps going up they might just do it!
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69:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:10:30 EDT
Subject: At least they've quit using two locomotives for a 4 to 5 car train.
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70:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:09:22 EDT
Subject: 5/4/01 at Jeffersonville/Louisville about 45 minutes prior to the "Kentucky Cardinal's" scheduled departure.
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71:
 CSX "widebody" headlight cutting through a fine snow as the season's first big snowfall began at LaGrange, KY in 1998
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72:
 LaGrange, Kentucky in 1997. Conrail power on CSX "Shortline"
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73:
 CSX "Shortline" running through LaGrange, KY in 1997
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74:
 LaGrange, Kentucky in 1997. CSX freight with Conrail power passes down the main
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75:
 I observed this car at the South LaGrange, KY siding on the CSX "Short Line" in the late fall of 1999.
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76:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:04:02 EST
Subject: This shot is not intended to illustrate an LG&E sawhorse, rather it is intended to show the new platform under construction (for Amtrak's arrival to downtown Louisville this December (2001).
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77:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:57:34 EST
Subject: Side view of the station shows construction work undertaken for the arrival of Nos. 850/851 "Kentucky Cardinal" service to downtown Louisville in early December.
The brick building in the background is the old L&N headquarters.
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78:
 From: LAGRANGE04_@_aol.com
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:53:05 EST
Subject: Louisville Union Station as seen from Broadway Ave. November, 2001
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79:
 N&W Steam Special in Mariemont, Ohio near Cincinnati in 1988.
The train is heading eastbound on the old N&W main extending from Cincinnati, OH to Norfolk, VA via Roanoke
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80:
 N&W J Class 611 in Mariemont, Ohio near Cincinnati in 1988.
The train is heading eastbound on the old N&W main extending from Cincinnati, OH to Norfolk, VA via Roanoke
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81:
 N&W Steam Special in Mariemont, Ohio near Cincinnati in 1988.
The train is heading eastbound on the old N&W main extending from Cincinnati, OH to Norfolk, VA via Roanoke
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82:
 N&W Steam Special in Mariemont, Ohio near Cincinnati in 1988.
The train is heading eastbound on the old N&W main extending from Cincinnati, OH to Norfolk, VA via Roanoke

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83:
 Amtrak's Cardinal pulling in for its station stop at Prince, WV in August of 1999
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84:
 Amtrak's Cardinal with a clear signal leaving Prince, WV in August of 1999
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85:
 Amtrak's Cardinal in the station at Prince, WV in August of 1999
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86:
 Station agent with baggage for "Cardinal" @ Prince,WV 8-99
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87:
 Ex-C&O Passenger station at Prince, West Virginia in August of 1999
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88:
 CSX "restricting" signal at S.LaGrange, KY, the old L&N station is in the background in 1998
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89:
 Thurmond, West Virginia in 1999 looking west along the C&O main. The C&O coal tower is visible in the center of the photo, the "town" is on the right
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90:
 "Main Street" in Thurmond, WV in the Summer 1999
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91:
 Interior shot of the renovated C&O depot at Thurmond, WV in Summer 1999
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92:
 Westbound CSX train passing the Thurmond, WV depot in the Summer of 1999
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93:
 Amtrak (ex-Chesapeake & Ohio) depot at Thurmond, WV Summer 1999
The depot at Thurmond is a good example of the architecture used by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
Recently it has been totally restored and is occupied by the National Park Service. The original railroad theme has been retained, complete with baggage/mail room with mail and baggage, telegraphers office, yardmasters office, etc.
The building is open to the public and is staffed by park rangers. It is also a flag stop for Amtrak's "Cardinal".
Thurmond is a bit out of the way but is worth the trip for persons interested in railroads and/or railroad architecture as well as history regarding the New River Gorge area of West Virginia.
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94:
 Fall pics from LaGrange street running.
These illustrate what a good place this is to take photos.
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95:
 Wisconsin Central 6003 southbound at 6th Street in LaGrange, KY 9/99
Recently we have seen an influx of "foreign" power here in LaGrange. Some people say it's due to grain shipments coming east during the fall season, for whatever reasons it's nice to see the variety!
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