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 #466584  by Roger Hensley
 
NYC 6025 4-8-4 Niagara waits at Bellefontaine station. (Note the watchman's tower.)
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 #484202  by cgwrrkid
 
6025 might have been waiting, however, the force of the exhause going straight up indicates to me the engineer has the throttle someone open now and has probably just started to move. Fireman or head end brakeman has a posture of looking ahead and its obvious they have a full head of steam.