A tandem of 4-6-4s, with J-1 no. 5391 in the van and J-3 no. 5439, trailing, drift easily up the ascent from the river with the nine cars of no. 416. Obviously this consist warrants no such aggregate of speed and horsepower. The explanation for the…
After Toledo, the next water stop for the 5391 will be at Bellefontaine, Ohio, roughly the halfway mark on the run to Cincinnati. The train is no. 303 out of Detroit, on which power is sometimes changed at Bellefontaine (if the engine happens to be…