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Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad Pullman built 21 at the Randolph Street Station in Chicago, Illinois on May 13, 1983, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built as a 61 foot coach with a Pullman style smoking compartment by Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company in 1927, it was rebuilt in 1946 by adding a 17 foot section in the middle.
At 225 feet long, the CSS Jackson was the biggest Ironclad built in the south. This is one of two screws, and it's about 10 feet tall.
Erskine sites featured in Japanese book "CSS Creative Design". Book sent kindly by Kazumichi Takahashi.