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In the early 1950s, two E8s ease New York Central train 24, the Knickerbocker, out of St. Louis Union Station at the start of the train’s journey to New York. Wayne P. Ellis photo
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Remember that the New York Central System’s “Knickerbocker” ran daily between New York’s Grand Central Station and St. Louis, a 23 hour trip, until 1966. The two EMD E8A locomotives of the railroad company visible in the photo must have been manufactured in 1953.