"To C&E Extra 2501 North"

Shown here is a set of orders for extra 2501 north at Kentland Tower, Indiana. Includes Clearance Form A (at left) and train order #20 (at right). Reads as follows:

 

CLEARANCE FORM

 

NYCS Clearance Form A

Dated December 29th, 1940 at 1:39 pm?

To Extra C&E 2501 North at K.N.

Operator had one order, #20, for their train.This form is authority to pass stop signal for main track.

Block is Clear

Operator Pherson

 

TRAIN ORDER

 

NYCS Form 19 Train Order #20

Dated December 29th, 1940

To C&E Extra 2501 North at K.N. reads:

 

"Engines 2268 and 2239 run extra Schneider to Wyton meet extra 2501 North and extra 2954 North at Morocco and use siding Morocco to Sheff."

 

T.L.G (T.L. Green, Superintendent)

 

Made Complete at 1221 pm by Operator Pherson

 

Kentland is a tower I have MANY order sets like this from. I have them from the late 30's all the way into late Penn Central. So much great info to reference on these. It seems that the locomotives they were using at this time were 2-8-2's and 4-8-2's by the numbers. I sure wouldn't mind standing along the tracks that day in the cold...4 NYC trains to pass with a digital camera.....sigh

 

 

 

 

Done