OK, one more time:
IF the photo is real, there are a few facts pointed out here to support that. The shadow, the apparent low bow wake and the historic flood connection. A prudent crew would have moved through the area slowly due to the height of the water, to keep the fire from being extinguished. The smoke from the stack seems to be moving back very slowly, but if the photo is faked this could just be a pic of an engine and its crew matched to the water scene. Also, I believe the person perched on the pilot is there to observe the track underwater to prevent any mishaps (if the photo is real). The odd thing about that is he is on the fireman's side. If he needed to stop the train with a hand signal, he is out of view of the engineer (or, the fireman is in the cab on his side and will relay any signals verbally).
Just let me say that I was a locomotive engineer for 31 years. I have no steam experience, so my observations are simply from what I was trained to do. Its strange that this would have occurred at all unless the crew was authorized to operate in these conditions. And I will say again, if its real, the packing in the bearing boxes being saturated with water will fail and the bearings would all be destroyed.
Jus sayin.
