New York Central J3a 5413...A little bit of history.

Oops.  Let’s call it a fantasy locomotive.

It was scrapped in 1945 eh? That’s Pretty remarkable since here is a photograph of her taken in July 1953 at Albany, NY. 

Danr posted:

Oops.  Let’s call it a fantasy locomotive.

The class lights only confirm its a fantasy locomotive. 

Pete

M J Breen posted:

It was scrapped in 1945 eh? That’s Pretty remarkable since here is a photograph of her taken in July 1953 at Albany, NY. 

That's great!!! I'm glad the report was wrong. Thanks!

M J Breen posted:

It was scrapped in 1945 eh? That’s Pretty remarkable since here is a photograph of her taken in July 1953 at Albany, NY. 

"I see scrapped locomotives.  Locomotives running around not realizing they're scrapped." 

Rusty

It's a ghost!!! 

Very Interesting. I found a document on the internet that states the 5413 did receive a PT tender (PT-4). The builder sometimes but not always put a tender plate on the PT tenders that would read T-XXXX but it is unknown if the tender assigned to 5413 had one of these tender plates. The document says that the 5413 was "damaged" on 05/02/45 and the PT tender was reassigned to 5333 on 09/46.  Under retired it has a question mark. You can read it here on page 19:

https://nycshs.files.wordpress...14/07/pt-tenders.pdf

So what really happened to the 5413? Was she scrapped or rebuilt?

The photos above had better not be copyrighted....please make sure you note if you have permission to use them or if they are no longer copyrighted...  I'll check back and then make a decision whether or not to delete the photos...

NYC Fan posted:

This would make for an incredible diorama on a layout if someone had a loco that didn't run, if it was done well. If I modelled a class I standard gauge railroad*, I'd for sure have modelled a scene just like this, with crowds standing around.

*The RR I model is a narrow gauge line which never put a loco on the ground like this...

I believe this what that location looks like today complements of google earth.

https://earth.app.goo.gl/2ZF2JD

Pete

Only one Hudson wasn’t put back together. 5315 after the great wreck at Little Falls....all others were repaired and put back in revenue.........Pat