"The Great Splinter Fleet," No. 4 of a Series

Back in the 1920s, the New York Central advertised its passenger trains as being "The Great Steel Fleet." Some sand house wags called the nearly all-wood fleet of the New York, Ontario & Western "The Great Splinter Fleet."

Here is IRM's "Great Splinter Fleet" which has recently grown by two more cars. Here we see the 309, 308, and 319 at Schmidt Siding on July 4, 2010 as we awaited our orders for the IRM Trolley Pageant.