The town of Fonda, terminal of the short line Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville, is located on the Mohawk Division main line 43 miles west of Albany and 51 miles east of the present division headquarters at Utica. In this scene, J-3 Hudson 5421 eases…
The Hudson type on the NYC reached its peak in the fifty J-3 engines built (by Alco, of course) in 1937 and 1938. Although boiler pressure was raised to 265 lbs. psi from 225 on the J-1s, these engines developed slightly less tractive effort due to…