The 5421 gets a refill as she pauses at Lafayette depot on no. 3, the westbound 'Riley'. The 18,000-gallon capacity of her PT tank enabled her to make the 173-mile run from Cincinnati to Lafayette for water, whereas an engine with conventional tender…
The selection of the name for its Cincinnati-Chicago streamliner was a fortunate one for the NYC. There is a great deal of what is called "local pride" in Indiana (through which the train of course makes most of its run, and from whose citizens it…