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Viewing Album: PRR: Rohde ~>"Sunnyside Yard" ~ May 1948
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
5/1/1948 - 5/1/1948
Album Info:
Here are the front cover and a 16-page cover story by Mr. William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." They were published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, pages 10-25. "The world's largest passenger car yard is situated on an island, yet it services approximately nine hundred cars every twenty-four hours." (Page 10) I've also included two original photos of Sunnyside Yard that I took while riding a Long Island Rail Road train from Penn Station, New York, to the World's Fair during August of 1965.
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Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Front Cover, 1948
Description:
Here is the front cover of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally on the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine. Cover illustration by Frederick Blakelee. Cover Caption: "Locomotive Washer, Sunnyside Yard." The road number of the GG-1 electric pictured here is not recorded.
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:03:15 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
198
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 10, 1948
Description:
Here is page one of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 10. Photo Caption: "Sprawled across 73 acres of Long Island, Sunnyside's 99 tracks would stretch 53 miles if laid end to end."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:06:04 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
252
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 11, 1948
Description:
Here is page two of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 11. Photo Caption: "Sprawled across 73 acres of Long Island, Sunnyside's 99 tracks would stretch 53 miles if laid end to end."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:08:29 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
210
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 12, 1948
Description:
Here is page three of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 12. Notable here is a "Simplified track layout of 'the world's largest passenger car yard.'"
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:10:40 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
254
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 13, 1948
Description:
Here is page four of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 13. Partial Photo Caption: "Storage and service tracks for the electrics are adjoining the enginehouse."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:12:51 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
228
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0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 14, 1948
Description:
Here is page five of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 14. Photo Caption: "Loudspeakers work 24-hour shifts. They connect the yardmaster's office with every part of the garden."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:15:03 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
221
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 15, 1948
Description:
Here is page six of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 15. Partial Caption: "Keystone switcher 5696 waits upon the plush coach trade: the Seaboard's Florida streamliners." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5696, a B-1 (C) switcher built in Juniata during January of 1935, rated at 570 horsepower, and retired in December of 1963 after 28 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:17:16 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 5696(Boxcab)
Views:
266
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 16, 1948
Description:
Here is page seven of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 16. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "The blackboard behind registers up to 60 trains 'in and out' of Sunnyside. Varnish is generally spotted within 15 minutes of its departure from Penn Station; about 4 hours before the advertised card, trains are reassembled."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:50:02 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
214
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 17, 1948
Description:
Here is page eight of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 17. Visible in the upper right-hand corner of the photo is the Empire State Building (ESB), located across the East River in the Borough of Manhattan. The "Seaboard speedster" in the foreground is actually heading toward the ESB, which is only a couple of blocks away from Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:52:43 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Tunnel,Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
243
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 18, 1948
Description:
Here is page nine of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 18. Photo Caption: "23,100 horsepower, ready to back onto 6,000 collective tons of Pullmans and whisk them under two great rivers to the Jersey mainland." Shown here are five unidentified Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric locomotives.
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:55:27 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
204
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 19, 1948
Description:
Here is page ten of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 19.
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 6:57:26 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
180
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 20, 1948
Description:
Here is page 11 of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 20. Partial Caption: "Sunnyside's locomotive 'launderette,' despite its Rube Goldberg appearance, acts like a car-cleaner's dream."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 7:01:39 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
218
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 21, 1948
Description:
Here is page 12 of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 21. Photo Caption: "The gauntlet of the tub-and-shower, 300 feet long by 15 feet high."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 7:16:59 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
191
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 22, 1948
Description:
Here is page 13 of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 22. Photo Caption: "Solarium end of Trail Blazer's observation car is washed by hand. Like locomotive front, it can't be reached by machine."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 7:19:09 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
209
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 23, 1948
Description:
Here is page 14 of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 23. Photo Caption: "Pennsy's mechanical conveyor siphons sand from a hopper up through the tank and directly into Motor 4869." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4869, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata during December of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 7:21:24 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4869(GG1)
Views:
359
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 24, 1948
Description:
Here is page 15 of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 24. Notable here is a table entitled "Monthly Car Departures From Sunnyside Yard (Aug. 1947)."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 7:23:28 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
200
Comments:
0
Title:
"Sunnyside Yard," Page 25, 1948
Description:
Here is page 16 of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 25. Photo Caption: "Pullman services 350 cars daily at Sunnyside, which means constant activity at the west end of the yard. Diners get first call on Tracks 1 through 9. While Pullman's larder at Sunnyside offers the greatest variety of products, here as everywhere else ice is a major demand; motors shuttle between tracks making deliveries."
Photo Date:
5/1/1948
Upload Date:
10/15/2017 7:25:58 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
214
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Sunnyside Yard, #1 of 2, 1965
Description:
Sunnyside Yard. Here is the first of two original photos that I took while riding a Long Island Rail Road train from Penn Station, New York, to the World's Fair during August of 1965. Shown here is an overall view of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Sunnyside Yard in Long Island City. Note the presence of the Goodyear Blimp!
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
9/10/2016 5:25:10 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Bridge,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
416
Comments:
0
Title:
PRR Sunnyside Yard, #2 of 2, 1965
Description:
Sunnyside Yard. Here is the second of two original photos that I took while riding a Long Island Rail Road train from Penn Station, New York, to the World's Fair during August of 1965. Shown here in Sunnyside Yard are numerous passenger cars and two electric locomotives built in Juniata: a B-1 (C) switcher on the left and on the right GG-1 #4919 (2-C-C-2) built during July of 1942 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:
8/15/1965
Upload Date:
9/10/2016 5:26:31 PM
Location:
Long Island City, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
PRR 4919(GG1)
Views:
827
Comments:
0
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