There is no mistaking when viewing this, the most handsome and graceful of all steam, that it's the NYC Hudson, the proud stallion of the rails...! This is my No.1 favorite solid frame loco as is the N&W y6b, my favorite mallet, for the same reasons... Thanks for pics.....M
I couldn't agree with you more! To echo Alvin Staufer, the New York Central's J-class Hudsons were indeed "Thoroughbreds". They exemplified the "Central Look". Beauties at rest and poetry in motion.