Caption: xxtells the passenger power of the railroads in the first half of the twentieth century. A close estimate would put over 300 car in view at New York Central's Mott Haven coach yard in New York's The Bronx. Everything from commuter cars to business cars (lower center with aerial on roof) occupies dozens of tracks. The yard is shared by the New Haven Railroad, which is a tenant in grant Central Terminal about six miles to the south. Of the approximate three hundred pictured here, perhaps 70 of them are sleepers. It seems to be late spring or summer about noontime (in the mid-1930s), so most of the sleepers have been cleaned and will be regrouped for the afternoon and evening departures. From NEW YORK CENTRAL, collection of Theodore Shrady.
John in Lansing, ILL
