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4-6-4 #5344
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4-6-4 #5344 at W. Albany, NY
As streamlined for "Commodore Vanderbilt"
4-6-4 #5344 at W. Albany, NY
As modernized w/ Disc Drivers
4-6-4 B&A #601
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Front view
The 5363 presents her classic front end to the camera at Shelby Street engine terminal, Indianapolis, in March of 1956. This engine came to the Big Four from St. Thomas, Ont, and once bore Michigan Central number 8218. She ran out her last miles over…
Engineer's side showing cab and cab curtain
How many engineers have had their faces pitted and creased as they peered out of this aperture for mile after mile at high speed? How many have cursed this machine for bucking them, searing them, deafening them, while yet marvelling at the way she…
Right front view
Representing the ultimate development of the 4-6-4 type on the New York Central, J-3 no. 5437 poses for her picture at Shelby street, also in March of 1956. She was slated for retirement at the time, having performed her last duties several days…
Close up of BoxPox drivers and valve gear components
Such is the underpinning of one of the all-time race champions in the annals of American railroading. Many's the time, with her Baker hooked up and a feather at her stack, she's strutted her stuff at the head of the Century and all the other rolling…
Close up of trailing truck and firebox
The large firebox supported by the four-wheel trailing truck was of course the principal difference between the Js and their immediate predecessors in main line passenger service, the K-3 and K-5 4-6-2s. It gave the Js all of their greatest…
Close up of trailing truck and firebox looking forward
The Central's Hudson had a characteristic shared by very few other steam types, in that it was an attractive locomotive viewed from almost any angle. It derived an initial advantage from the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement, which guarantees a…
Train no. 416 passing Vine interlocking tower
With her engineer hunched forward and outward in traditional fashion, the 5437 blasts out of Shelbyville at the head of no. 416, enroute from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. The pavement is none other than Main Street, and the building is Vine tower. The…
Train no. 416
Approaching Indianapolis from the west, the Indiana Division main line turns due south in the vicinity of West 60th Street and, in a long tangent, runs through open country to West 16th Street before it finally curves eastward again towards the…