Historic Photographs
Newburgh & South Shore Railway
 
   
Here are all of the 99 images from an official N&SS book of illustrations, ca. 1920. There is some information that a few other copies of this unbound book exist, but it evidently was never published.* If you would like to see some of these images linked to a route map for the N&SS RR, CLICK HERE

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(Blank cover page)

2

Marcelline Yard - East end of "A" and "B" Yards, Looking East

3

Main Tracks at East 71st Street, Looking West

4

Marcelline Yard - West end of "A" and "B" Yards Looking West, "A" Yard 11 Tracks, Capacity 350 Cars, "B" Yard 22 Tracks, Capacity 470 Cars

5

Marcelline Yard - West End of "C" Yard Looking East, 8 Tracks, Capacity 210 Cars

6

Seneca Yard - 10 Tracks, Capacity 410 Cars

7

Connection with Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad at Left and W. & L.E. Crossing

8

Transfer Tracks with the New York Central Railroad

9

Transfer Tracks with the Cuyahoga Valley Railway- 3 Tracks, Capacity 26 Cars Each

10

Transfer Tracks with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - 2 Tracks, Capacity 42 Cars Each

11

Independence Road - Cuyahoga Heights Village

12

Main Line Looking East from Independence Road - Marcelline Yard at Left

13

Main Line Crossing Independence road - Looking West, Cleveland Railway Company Car Repair Shops at Right

14

East End of Beezer Cut - Looking West

15

Main Line at Harvard Avenue, Cuyahoga Heights Village - Looking South, Canal Branch Junction on Right

16

Main Line Looking North from Harvard Avenue - American Steel and Wire Company By-Product Coke Plant at Right

17

Main Line Looking South from Campbell Road

18

Main Line Crossing Campbell Road and Ohio Canal - Looking North

19

Main Line Crossing Ohio Canal and Cuyahoga River - Looking North

20

Main Line, Kingsbury Run Culvert

21

Crossing of Erie Railroad at Newburgh - Looking South

22

Crossing of Pennsylvania Railroad at Newburgh - Looking West

23

Crossing of Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad at Newburgh - Looking West

24

Crossing of Wheeling and Lake Erie, Linndale Branch, at Cleveland - Looking North

25

Crossing of Cuyahoga Valley Railway at Cleveland - Looking North

26

Crossing of Baltimore & Ohio and Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroads, at Cleveland - Looking North

27

Grade Separation , Union Avenue Undergrade Crossing - Looking North

28

Main Line at Harvard Avenue, Cuyahoga Heights Village - Looking North in Fifty-Foot Cut

29

Harvard Avenue Overhead Bridge, Cuyahoga Heights Village - Looking West

30

Grade Separation, Broadway Undergrade Crossing - Looking South

31

Grade Separation, Broadway Undergrade Crossing - Looking West

32

Grade Separation, Harvard Avenue Undergrade Crossing - Looking East

33

Grade Separation, Harvard Avenue Undergrade Crossing - Looking North

34

Grade Separation, East 71st Street Undergrade Crossing - Looking North

35

Grade Separation, East 71st Street Undergrade Crossing - Looking West

36

Double Track Plate Girder Bridge Over Ohio Canal, Cleveland - Looking East

37

Double Track Plate Girder Bridge Over Ohio Canal, Cleveland - Looking North

38

Temporary Fixed Truss Bridge Over Cuyahoga River - Looking West

39

Temporary Fixed Span Bridge Over Cuyahoga River - Looking South

40

Double Track Rolling Lift Bridge Over Cuyahoga River, Cleveland - Looking North

41

Double Track Rolling Lift Bridge Over Cuyahoga River, Cleveland - Looking West

42

Main Line at Clark Avenue, Cleveland - Looking North

43

Connection with River Terminal Railway, Cleveland - Looking North

44

Main Line at Jefferson Avenue, Cleveland - Looking North

45

Subway Under Erie Railroad, Cleveland - Looking South

46

Locomotive Shop, Roundhouse and Storehouse - East 71st Street

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Locomotive Shop, Roundhouse and Storehouse, Marcelline Capacity: 2 Locomotives for Heavy Repairs and 4 for Light Repairs Room for 8 More Engine Stalls

48

Locomotive Shop and Roundhouse

49

Locomotive Shop, Roundhouse and Power Plant, All Machinery and Turntable Electrically Driven

50

Interior of Locomotive Shop, Individual Motors for Each Machine

51

Interior of Locomotive Shop

52

Interior of Locomotive Shop

53

Concrete Coaling Plant and Ash Pits, Marcelline Yard, Capacity, 200 Tons Coal, 5 Tons Sand

54

40,000-Gallon Water Tank, Marcelline Yard

55

Standard Telegraph and Block Office

56

Store House and Oil House - East 71st Street

57

Interior of Storehouse

58

Tower at Electric Interlocking Plant, Pennsylvania Lines, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Newburgh & South Shore Railway - Erected by Newburgh & South Shore Railway. 50% of Cost of Construction and operation is Paid by the Newburgh & South Shore

59

Electric Interlocking Machine, Pennsylvania Lines, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad and Newburgh & South Shore -74 Working Levers, 39 Spare Levers

60

Tower of Mechanical Interlocking Plant, Erie Railroad, Newburgh & South Shore Railway - Entire Expense of Construction and Operation Paid by Newburgh & South Shore Railway

61

Mechanical Interlocking Machine, Erie Railroad and Newburgh & South Shore Railway - 30 Working Levers, 12 Spare Levers

62

Freight Train

65

Engine 31, 2-6-0 Type. Weight on Drivers, 167,000 Pounds, Tractive Power, 41,000 Pounds. Steam Pressure, 180 Pounds

66

Engine 44, 0-6-0 Type. Weight on Drivers, 182,800 Pounds, Tractive Power, 42,000 Pounds. Steam Pressure, 190 Pounds

67

Engine 26, 0-6-0 Type. Weight on Drivers, 120,000 Pounds, Tractive Power, 31,500 Pounds. Steam Pressure, 180 Pounds

68

Engine 37, 0-6-0 Type. Weight on Drivers, 126,500 Pounds, Tractive Power, 30,500 Pounds. Steam Pressure, 180 Pounds

69

Engine 40, 0-6-0 Type. Weight on Drivers, 133,000 Pounds, Tractive Power, 32,000 Pounds. Steam Pressure, 190 Pounds

70

Box Car, Steel Under frame, Capacity, 100,000 Pounds

71

Hopper Car, Capacity, 140,000 Pounds

72

Gondola Car , Drop Bottoms, Capacity, 100,000 Pounds

73

General Service Gondola Car, Capacity, 100,000 Pounds

74

Gondola Car, Capacity, 100,000 Pounds

75

Ore Car, Capacity, 100,000 Pounds

76

Cleveland Railway Company, Car Repair Shops - Street View

77

Cleveland Railway Company, Car Repair Shops - East Side

78

Cleveland Railway Company, Car Repair Shops - Rear View

79

Cleveland Railway Company, Car Repair Shops - Side View

80

Cleveland Railway Company, Material Yard

81

Cleveland Railway Company, Material Yard

82

Aluminum Castings Company, "N" Plant - Street View

83

Aluminum Castings Company, "N" Plant - Rear View

84

Aluminum Castings Company, "N" Plant - Showing Track Connections

85

Aluminum Castings Company, "L" Plant - Rear View

86

Cleveland Co-Operative Stove Company, Harvard Avenue Plant - Rear View

87

Cleveland Co-Operative Stove Company, Harvard Avenue Plant - Rear View

88

S. F. K. Steel Barrel Company - Street View

89

S. F. K. Steel Barrel Company - Track View

90

Fishel and Marks Company, Iron, Steel and Scrap Metals. Warehouse

91

Fishel and Marks Company, Iron, Steel and Scrap Metals. Scrap Yard and Warehouse

92

Cleveland Wire Spring Company, Steel Springs and Metal Furniture

93

Gray Lumber Company, Lumber and Wood Working Plant

94

Harvard Lumber Company - Track View, Goltra Tie Company

95

Harvard Lumber Company - Street View

96

Great Lakes Towing Company - Drydock and Shipbuilding Plant

97

Brooks Oil Company, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Gasoline

98

Euclid Builders Supply Company - Looking West

99

Euclid Builders Supply Company - Looking East

100

Marcelline Feed and Coal Company

101

Lowrey Coal Company

102

W. H. Snell Coal Company - Coal Yard

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