Having been displaced by diesels in New York City, these third-rail R2 box-cab motors were sent to Detroit to augment the smaller R1 steeple-cab units in Detroit-Windsor tunnel service. They were a 1930 product of Alco-General Electric with 44-inch wheels. Each unit developed 66,000 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 266,400 pounds. In this view of Nos. 304-305, probably taken in 1954, we get a good view of the trackage at Detroit's old Michigan Central Station. What appears to be a Baltimore & Ohio Pacific (4-6-2) waits in the background.