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Ivy City engine terminal serving Washington, D.C. Mid 50's.

I've had these slides in my closet for the past 15 years. They were given to me by a neighbor who was going to throw them out, but knew that I liked trains and he gave them to me. He didn't know where he got them . He thought that maybe they were from his ex-wife's fathers photo collection. So the location is a mystery to me. They were scanned at 300 dpi on a flatbed scanner. They were only blown off and some dust marks were removed with Photoshop. Some were lightened with gamma correction in the scan and then sharpened.

The slides are no longer for sale. I have donated them to the B&O RR Historical Society.
Thanks for the comments. Now they are identified. Thanks to all who commented!
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Travers Stavac 23-Aug-2007 05:34
Agree with Frank Greene. Last B&O steam on Baltimore Div was 1953. Billboard paint scheme introduced 1953; none of B&O hoppers have it. PRR got the Budd Congressional/Senator cars in 1952. Burned grass says August 1952 or 1953. Number of B&O engines on ready tracks in foto 1 could be commuter engines sitting mid-day. Number of GG-1's (all Brunswick Green; 1st Tuscan GG-1 in 1952) also say mid-day.
I find the reefers in the engine/car repair area of Ivy City interesting; anyone know why?
Glenn Anderson 13-Jan-2007 15:17
An excellent documentation of a seldom seen era in railroading. Many thanks for saving them and sharing with us.
Frank Greene 01-Nov-2006 18:19
I have a couple of thoughts about the date the slides were taken. The 1st Southern E8 order was built in September 1951 (see photo #1). Published photos of Southern E's indicate the fuel tank skirts were removed starting in 1953 (intact on all 6 E's in photo #1). Trees and grass appear to be in mid-year green (see photos #3, 4, 5, 7) and, I think, the burnt grass and weeds along the B&O mainline in photo #5 support this. Therefore, I'm gonna' guess the slides were taken in mid-1952.

Frank Greene
Wade Rice 31-Aug-2006 21:28
Definitely Ivy City. The second slide shows the old Hecht Co. warehouse in the right background. The third slide shows the Washington Monument in the background to top center. Can anyone identify the number on the Pacific in slides 7 & 8?
Bill Barringer 31-Aug-2006 00:01
It surely looks like Ivy City in D.C. to me.
Guest 30-Aug-2006 23:33
B@O, PRR, Southern, GG-1s and the Washington monument in the background certainly says Ivy City.

CJ Riley
Guest 30-Aug-2006 17:44
It looks like Ivy City engine terminal serving Union Station in Washington, D.C. Mid to late Fifties.

Dan Moons
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