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Steam engine roundhouse in New York City

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Posted by Great Western on Friday, January 1, 2010 7:56 AM

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, January 1, 2010 7:42 AM

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Posted by trlinkcaso on Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:21 PM

I can provide this photo of the roundhouse from the New York Central Industrial Guide book

 

 For a higher resolution version:

 

 http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/nyc-60th.jpg

 

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Posted by wanswheel on Thursday, December 31, 2009 6:41 AM

1920s.  One more of the roundhouse.  We can't see it but the folks in the picture can.

The south end of the 60th Street Yard.

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Posted by o&wdelhi on Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:11 AM

Any idea about the dates of these photos?

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Posted by route_rock on Thursday, December 24, 2009 7:21 AM

  Very cool! Thanks for sharing this.

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Posted by wanswheel on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:45 PM

Henry and Dave, thanks for the favorable reviews.

Google books has scanned a 1920 publication about the railroad situation in the Port of New York. The link is set to page 105 because there's a picture (not a very good picture) of the 60th Street Yard. The roundhouse is partly visible behind the water tower. The silouette of the grain elevator is recognizable at the top. The book itself is worth at least of few minutes of exploration. I learned a lot.

http://books.google.com/books?id=GH4AAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA105#v=onepage&q=&f=true

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Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, December 20, 2009 10:20 AM

ThaNKS!

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Posted by henry6 on Saturday, December 19, 2009 8:04 AM

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Steam engine roundhouse in New York City
Posted by wanswheel on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:58 AM

Long gone and no great picture of it here. 

It was to the left of this picture of the north end of the 60th Street Yard. 

Footbridge to Riverside Drive and  72nd St.

View south from the footbridge. At the right margin is a locomotive on the roundhouse track.

Too dark but I see the turntable. Hell Gate Bridge in the distance.

Mike

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