Camelback Passenger Service on "The Bridge Line"

Known as "The Bridge Line to New England and Canada", the Delaware & Hudson Railroad kept some camelback locomotives in service while they were scrapped by other northeastern carriers. This 1946 photochrome card shows that camelbacks were still going strong in local passenger service on the D&H. Sadly, in years to come, even this venerable locomotive and its anthracite fuel would see its final days as diesel power would become its replacement. Note the typical cavernous firebox to the rear of the center cab and pilot with foot boards on either side.