Here, at Shelby Street, backed in on top of the 3148 on a 'dead' track, is the last of the largest - S-1 4-8-4 no. 6015. This engine remained in service almost a year after the retirement of her twenty-five sisters. The reason for this oddity was…
No need to identify the owner of those sleek rods and nighty drivers. Her principal specifications are as follows: class, S-1b; cylinders, 25x32 in.; drivers, 79. in.; pressure, 275 lbs.; tractive effort, 62,500 lbs.; weight, 471,000 lbs.; and…
Niagara 6009 gets a refill at Terre Haute on her way from Cleveland to Mattoon on mail-and-express no. 473. The sixteen-car train is cut behind the ninth car to allow traffic to pass on Seventh Street, at the far end of the platform. This picture was…