NYC 1789 (E8A) leads a NYC westbound freight out of Collinwood Yard and under E. 152 St., Cleveland, 1965 (Sheldon Lustig)

The old Cleveland Unon Staton which was on the lakefront at West 3rd St. on 1/18/1930 (NYCSHS collection)

In 1969, this tilt board signal was about all that was left at Berwick, OH, where two ex-NYC main lines, now removed, crossed. (Gordon Schmidt)

The PC Circleville Local, with 7220 (GP9), passes the N&W tower on South Court St., Circleville, 1974 (Jim Scott photo, Jeff Reams collection)

A PC, ex-PRR, GG1 leads a passenger train toward Washington, DC, in late 1968 (Jim Scott photom Jeff Reams collection)

PRR GG1 4913 brings another passenger train into Washington, DC, in late 1968 (Jim Scott photo, Jeff Reams collection)

A Conrail "cow-&-calf" yard set is working the hump at Frontier Yard in Buffalo, NY, around 1978 (Jeff Reams)

NYC 7404 was working on Cleveland's Lakefront while the Indians were playing in the 1948 World Series at the stadium nearby (Russell Imburgia)

CR 5071 (C40-8B) is on the "Kunkle Track" at Berea on 5/96 with 2 long pressure tanks, each rigged as a single car, headed for WV (Richard Croy)

Conrail "Racoons" 4001 and 4000 (2 SD80MAC) roll an eastbound through Berea in 5/96, shortly after they went into service (Richard Croy)

Painted for the merger that didn't happen, Santa Fe 8077 leads another SF and several CR units east at Berea 6/95 (Richard Croy)

Remember this? A string of TankTrain interconnected tank cars rolls west on CR through Berea 7/96. This train idea was soon scrapped. (Richard Croy)

A westbound NYC freight coming out Track 4 at Berea in 1943 lays down good smoke as it passes under the gantry at the tower. (Dan Davidson)

NYC eastbound freight with F-Units at Berea 1957(?). (Don Krofta collection)

NYC 4085 (E8A) is on display at the New York Central Museum in Elkhart IN. 7/23/07 (Michael Rujak)

Odd stablemates. PRR (ex-PC) GG1 electric 4882 stands next to NYC 3001 steamer in the New York Central Museum, Elkhart, IN 7/23/07 (Michael Rujak)

Yipe! NYC 4077 in Collinwood Yard 12/26/65 had been severely damaged on Train 15 at Worthington, OH (Sheldon Lustig)

The sunlight really kicks off the reflective striping of Cleveland Union Terminal 9629 working the throat tracks 7/15/65 (Sheldon Lustig)

CUT 9630 and car 2727 at Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, 2/27/65 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC & PRR used B&O between Ravenna and Niles Jct. NYC eb train is on PRR-B&O conn at RN Tower; wb conn at right, PRR at rear 2/57. (NYCSH Collection)

NYC 6025 leads 6075, 5984, and 1 621 east at Berea Tower on NYC CDB-4 8/31/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC westbound CF-1 at Berea Tower with NYC 5730. 3731, and 3732 10/30/65 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC YBH-7 westbound at Berea 2/1 2/67 with NYC 3037, 2383, and 2197. The device at the right is a train order signal. (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC 201 westbound at Toledo behind NYC A unit 4024 and B unit 4112 8/29/66 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC 201 westbound at Toledo behind NYC A unit 4024 and B unit 4112 8/29/66 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC 8522 pulls a cut west at QD Tower at the wast end of Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, 7/16/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC switcher 8532 is working in the QD Tower area of Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, 7/16/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC westbound BC-3 at Berea with NYC 1014, 3327, 3325, and 3346 10/20/65 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC 1681 (F7A) leads an eastbound NYC freight off Bridge 1 at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, 8/65. (Sheldon Lustig/NYCSHS)

NYC eastbound coal train with NYC 1694 leading 5 units rolls under the gantry signal at Berea 8/31/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

New York Central RDC M-450 at Galion, OH, 8/17/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC westbound freight behind 6108, 6113, and 6103 is at Coit Rd., Cleveland, 3/13/66 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC 8045, 8085, and 8035wb blast west off Bridge 1 and DB Tower, Cleveland, 8/5/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC 1108, 3345, and 1073 lead a freight west at QD Tower, Collinwood Yard, Cleveland 10/8/66 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC westbound BC-3 at Berea with NYC 1014, 3327, 3325, and 3346 10/20/65 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC 1600 is at the sand tower in NYC's Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, 7/15/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

A jet-engine snowblower NYC's Colliinwood Yard 3/63 is one way to get rid of lake effect snow on the tracks (Sheldon Lustig)

Detroit Edison ran its own locos and coal cars over CR between MI and PA. DE 001 and 002 lead UDM east over the Vermillion River 9/72 (Sheldon Lustig

CR 6736 (Alco C363) sits in the dead line at Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, awaiting its fate, 12/18/82 (Steve LaConte)

Conrail 4021 and 4022 (2 E8A) have the executive train on a Big 4 inspection run at Shelby in the mid-1990's (Tom Boylan)

Conrail's executive train, including a dome car, heads south out of Shelby on a mid-1990's inspection on the Big Four tracks. (Tom Boylan)

A rarity at Berea, NS 580 coal train west with helpers 3336, 7206, and 7211 (SD40-2, 2 SD80MAC) 9/18/02. They usually come off by now (Richard Croy)

CNW 8677 (C44-9W) is the boss of a westbound Conrail freight at Berea with UP, GATX, and CSX in the consist 5/96 (Richard Croy)

A pair of B&M units, 1576 and 1574 share the engine service tracks at Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, 7/15/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

BAR 76 and PRR caboose 477923 at DB Tower, Cleveland Lakefront, 8/5/64 (Sheldon Lustig)

NYC /Big Four train 442 is headed east into Cleveland Union Terminal behind a P42 electric, as another P42 sits on the bridge 1956 (Tom Boylan)

NYC train 433 is westbound passing dead Hudsons and Mohawks at Berea in 1956 The train is on what now is CSX; the NS lines are at left. (Tom Boylan)

A surprise visitor at Berea was shiny IAIS 800 (M420R) headed west in the consist of a Conrail train 7/94 (Richard Croy)