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  • NYC 5435, Muncie, Ind., April 1953

  • Discussion relating to the NYC and subsidiaries, up to 1968. Visit the NYCS Historical Society for more information.
Discussion relating to the NYC and subsidiaries, up to 1968. Visit the NYCS Historical Society for more information.

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 #1374856  by Roger Hensley
 
J-3 5435 on # 472 taking water at Muncie, IN in April of 1953.
Jeremy Taylor Photo, NYCSHS Collection

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 #1374954  by Allen Hazen
 
A very clean-looking engine!
 #1381683  by erie2937
 
5435 is the locomotive that is the subject of a weird set of communications that included messages to and from Mike Eagleson about the existence of that locomotive in the NYC roundhouse at Niles MI. I have copies of those messages, the jist of which is that 5435 was not scrapped but was hidden in that roundhouse. Makes for a great story!