Just saw a news story that NS is going to close most of the huge classification yard in Bellevue, Ohio. Here's what went on in Bellevue many years ago, from page 36 in my book...
3rd Trick in Bellevue, Ohio, June 18, 1957
IT’S A LITTLE PAST MIDNIGHT at the Nickel Plate Road roundhouse in Bellevue, Ohio. It’s a warm summer night with a gentle breeze out of the south. Even though it’s late, no one is sleeping here! NKP Berks 766, 779, 751, and 707 all await their next call to duty. The hostlers have cleaned the fires, filled the coal bunkers, topped off the tender water tanks, and spotted the engines on the ready tracks in front of the roundhouse. When they leave town, each of these Berks will have several thousand tons of freight behind it. By sunrise, they will all be a hundred miles or more away from Bellevue, on their way to Buffalo or Chicago.
This dramatic photo was taken by Don Wood and comes from the John B. Corns Collection.
