This photo has always been a favorite of mine for a few reasons. Given my affection for freight cars, the nice string of interesting cars is an immediate draw for me. However, as compelling for me is the location. I grew up in the Hartford area so I have always had an attraction to its railroad-related history. Of particular interest has always been the large Morgan Street freight house and the tracks near it. This train is making its way from Hartford towards its crossing of the Connecticut River and its duties in East Hartford. I will post an exceptional photo of the Morgan Street freight house and yard in a future installment. That photo alone should provide all the motivation one needs to replicate it as a switching layout. The photo is reproduced below with numbered callouts to aid in identification of the subjects. Interestingly, the locomotive and every identifiable piece of rolling stock with the exception of the MILW gon, P&LE box car and the flat car was or is available in HO scale (references noted in parentheses)
1 — New Haven Y-3 0-8-0 — The New Haven had 10 USRA versions of the 0-8-0 followed by an additional 25 copies purchased after the war, nos. 3400-3434. (W&R brass or Proto 2000)
2 — Chicago and North Western Emergency box car with Youngstown doors and Viking roof (Sunshine Models or Intermountain)
3 — Milwaukee Road composite gondola; class not known
4 — Pittsburgh & Lake Erie ‘late’ tall New York Central USRA-design steel box car
5 — Santa Fe Bx-38 Emergency box car (Sunshine Models or Intermountain)
6 — Delaware Lackawanna & Western rebuilt steel automobile car (Yarmouth Model Works)
7 — Seaboard Air Line G7 composite gondola (Sunshine Models)
8 — Southern Railway 1937 AAR box car (IMWX, Red Caboose or Intermountain)
9 — unidentified flat car with tractor load
10 — Canadian Pacific Fowler box car (Westerfield)
11 — New York Central USRA-design steel box car (Westerfield or Broadway Limited)
12 — American Refrigerator Transit wood refrigerator car (Sunshine Models)
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