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4-6-4 #5204 at Elkhart, IN
at the roundhouse
4-6-4 #5204 at Elkhart, IN
at the roundhouse
4-6-4 #5204 at Weehawken, NJ
In yard.
4-6-4 #5204
White Pigeon, MI, ,
Ready to leave depot on train 1st no. 9, 2nd no. 9
Here is action in Syracuse depot as seen from the diesel of the eastbound Empire State Express. These two J engines are panting like racehorses as they prepare to leave with the two sections of mail and express train no. 9. The 5204 in the foreground…
At the coal tower
Hudsons 5242 and 5273 of the pioneering J-1 class liven up this view of the coal dock area. There were 205 of these engines in various subclasses outshopped by Alco in the years from 1927 to 1931. The basic specifications of these two were nearly…
Two Hudsons at coal tower
Two of the Central's symmetrical Hudson types, engines 5204 and 5270, are caught in an idle moment at the East Syracuse fueling station. Both are of the J-1 class and were built by Alco in 1927 and 1928, respectively. Since then they have been…
Train no. 137
The six-track main extending west from the terminal divides at tower 50, one and three-tenths miles from tower 49. In the interim, it is bisected by a single-track line of the Pennsylvania, which runs from their yards to their freighthouse and sundry…