| Former Cincinnati & Lake Erie lightweight "Red Devil" running in reverse northbound on 8th Street just above Union Turnpike (on its way from Farview Car Barn) towards the Lehigh Valley Transit Depot on Hamilton. Poor image quality from the 1/2 frame 127 Leecrest Camera is further heightened by this scan being from a contact print of a lost negative. I wanted to share this image, however, as it's interesting to note how this long ago abandoned operation worked. These cars, which were not originally built to be run in reverse, had to be modified for these backwards movements when sold to the Lehigh Valley Transit so that they could be brought up from the car barn where there was no turning facility available. Too bad about the 1946, 47, or 48 Mercury blocking our view of this Red Devil car. |