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Tom -
In the comments below each photo, Ed Cooper got it correct - the train is eastbound, departing off the "Running Track" at the east end of the East Yard, Eola, heading for Clyde. I suspect the F7 went all the way in to Clyde RH due to the elimination of firemen in freight service as a result of Board Award 282 in 1964. If the head brakeman broke the MU connections properly between the 982 and the SSW 969 at Congress Park, he would be entitled to a day's pay for assuming "fireman's" work. The Congo would have brought the F7 back to Congress Park later that day (maybe).
Chuck Zeiler got the direction wrong in his caption and his second photo clearly shows the stack for Reber Packing Company which was on the north side of the mains and just west of Eola Road. In both photos, the track in the foreground is the EJ&E transfer where the "J" would pick-up transfers from the "Q".
Judging by all the oil on the carbody, fuel tank and L2 brake cylinder (which are Federal defects), I'm reasonably certain the 969's prime mover is no longer functioning, even though the air has been MU'ed with the rest of the consist (perfectly normal-no need to "boxcar" the F7). My two cents worth.
Bob
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