| Posted by Tom on May 21, 2013 | |
Sure a lot different than today's Union Station in St. Louis. Apparently though, ownership has changed and there is a chance of some train action returning there on a limited basis according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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Thanks for posting the picture of the big T-1, I think these where very amazing engines and I always wondered what their true top speed would have been if they where in perfect tune.
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Not only a great shot of the T-1, but one doesn't see photos of GM&O heavyweight sleepers very often.
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Thanks for sharing a view of a PRR T-1. You can tell the date of the photo is near the end of the steam era....she's looking grimey and dirty with not much care given to her appearance (both locomotive and tender).
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Amazing locomotives! Too bad they cut them all up.
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Based on the modifications to the streamlining and its location in a passenger terminal (there for assuming its there to pull a passenger train), I think its safe bet this photo was taken sometime between 1947-1950.
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I'd bet that fireman's cap won't be so nice and clean at the end of the run......... Check the angle of the lead truck vs the first set of drivers. Almost looks like they're derailed.
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Those outside bearings make it look derailed, don't they? The Pennsy passenger engine crews were required to wear white hats I believe. And yes, the likelihood the cap would be dirty by the end of the run was great because the T-1's were notoriously dirty in the cab for some reason. Maybe all that high speed wind!
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