One of a large lot of eight-coupled switching locomotives built by Baldwin in 1924
the Terminal Railroad Association.
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with the completion of the bridge, a tunnel, form- ing the bridge approach on the west side of the river, was completed by a corporation known as the St. Louis Terminal Railroad. The original idea was for the eight trunk line railroads, then having terminals on the east and west banks of the river, to operate their own motive power over the bridge and to maintain separate passanger and freight depots. However, |
even before the bridge was completed, it was real- ized that this was impractical. To overcome this difficulty, the bridge and tunnel companies fos- tered the organization of two terminal companies, the Union Railway & Transit Company of St. Louis, and the Union Railway & Transit Company of Illinois, to construct and operate a system of tracks on both sides of the river. This system acted as a connecting link for the various railroads |
