 |
|
| |
Fun Things To Look At |
Streamlined Railroad Steam Locomotives |
|
 |
New York Central Hudson locomotive No. 5344 was chosen to be the new Commodore Vanderbilt in 1934. It was the NYC's first streamlined locomotive and was named after the railroad's founder. The Commodore Vanderbilt pulled the "20th Century Limited" until 1937.
First seen by the public in December, 1934, the locomotive entered revenue service pulling the railroad’s prestigious, but still heavyweight, 20th Century Limited between Toledo and Chicago in February, 1935, and remained in this service for some time. The shovel-nose shroud was designed by the Case School of Science at Cleveland, Ohio.
Despite its elite status and opulent accommodations the Commodore saw a short life in the postwar years. As ridership continued its disappointing slide the NYC focused on downsizing operations wherever possible, which included the New York-Chicago market. Following a series of cutbacks the Commodore was removed from the timetable in 1960.
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
This site, excluding photographs, copyright © 2018 Kingman Canyon Railroad LLC. Photographs copyright © by individual photographers, except as noted.
DMCA Notice: All pictures and images used on this website are used for educational and entertainment purposes by a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Trust Organization. All pictures and images shown are believed to be in the public domain or used with owners permission. If you own the legitimate copyright to any picture or image and wish to receive credit or have it removed, contact us.
Photographers are welcome to submit their photos to be added to our website. We encourage you to provide a link to your website so we can add it to your photo. We can help build traffic to you at no charge. Send nothing owned by someone else, confidential, private, or that we may not freely publish. Please do no send hugh files. |
| |
Donations of money, and all scales of trains, track, scenery, and buildings is appreciated. All railroad items are accepted, real and model. What we cannot use or have duplicates of we may trade or combine with other lots to sell. We especially welcome G scale train sets, engines, cars, kits, dioramas, and diorama accessories. |
Send Them To:
Kingman Canyon Railroad
465 Anson Smith Road
Kingman, Arizona 86409 |
|
|
| |
| HOME |
Copyright 2018 |
|
