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Right front view
Representing the ultimate development of the 4-6-4 type on the New York Central, J-3 no. 5437 poses for her picture at Shelby street, also in March of 1956. She was slated for retirement at the time, having performed her last duties several days…
Close up of BoxPox drivers and valve gear components
Such is the underpinning of one of the all-time race champions in the annals of American railroading. Many's the time, with her Baker hooked up and a feather at her stack, she's strutted her stuff at the head of the Century and all the other rolling…
Close up of trailing truck and firebox
The large firebox supported by the four-wheel trailing truck was of course the principal difference between the Js and their immediate predecessors in main line passenger service, the K-3 and K-5 4-6-2s. It gave the Js all of their greatest…
Close up of trailing truck and firebox looking forward
The Central's Hudson had a characteristic shared by very few other steam types, in that it was an attractive locomotive viewed from almost any angle. It derived an initial advantage from the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement, which guarantees a…
Train no. 416 passing Vine interlocking tower
With her engineer hunched forward and outward in traditional fashion, the 5437 blasts out of Shelbyville at the head of no. 416, enroute from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. The pavement is none other than Main Street, and the building is Vine tower. The…
Train no. 419
Indianapolis-Chicago local no. 419 - opposite number to the train just pictured - leaves Lebanon behind the 5437, sister to the 5441, In the background here are two landmarks which (if not as obviously as grain elevators) exude a midwestern flavor --…
Train no. 419
Since a picture of an Illinois Division train was not available, this shot of Indiana Division no. 419 (an Indianapolis-Chicago local, now discontinued) was inserted here to begin the Illinois Division portion of the Ohio-Illinois Division…
4-6-4 #5437 at Shelby St., Indianapolis, IN
Right front 3/4 from rear
Steam Passenger Train #5437
Westbound
Crew #5437 at Harmon, NY
Engineer G. Tully