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Owner: New York Central
Model:Alco 4-6-4Built As:NYC 5344 (4-6-4)
Serial Number:68580Order No:S-1716
Frame Number:25X28 cylinders, 79" driversBuilt:11/1931
Notes:J1a class, "Commodore Vanderbilt" streamlined 12/1934 and 1939, sfs 1954.
Other locos with this serial:  NYC COMMODORE(4-6-4) NYC 5344(4-6-4)
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NYC 5344
Title:  NYC 5344
Description:  NYC 5344 fresh out of the Schenectady shops in November of 1931. This was before it was streamlined. Exact date and author unknown.
Photo Date:  11/1/1931  Upload Date: 10/26/2022 11:46:49 AM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  New York Central
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NYC 5344(4-6-4)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
NYC 5344 "Commodore Vanderbilt" and NYC "DeWitt Clinton"
Title:  NYC 5344 "Commodore Vanderbilt" and NYC "DeWitt Clinton"
Description:  NYC 5344 "Commodore Vanderbilt" and NYC "DeWitt Clinton" parked outside of the ALCO Schenectady Shops after streamlining was completed on NYC 5344. Many railfans gathered here on this cold snowy day to capture the first streamlined steam locomotive in American history alongside the 1893 replica of the DeWitt Clinton. Author unknown.
Photo Date:  12/14/1934  Upload Date: 10/26/2022 2:13:38 PM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NYC 5344(4-6-4) NYC COMMODORE(4-6-4) NYC DEWITT(0-4-0)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
NYC 5344 "Commodore Vanderbilt"
Title:  NYC 5344 "Commodore Vanderbilt"
Description:  NYC 5344 at Collinwood Yard. Exact date unknown.
Photo Date:  1/1/1937  Upload Date: 10/26/2022 12:21:11 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Glenn Grabill Junior
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NYC 5344(4-6-4) NYC COMMODORE(4-6-4)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
NYC 5344
Title:  NYC 5344
Description:  NYC 5344 in 1939 after getting the new 20th Century Limited streamlining. NYC 5344 was the only J1a to receive the Dreyfuss streamlining. Exact date unknown.
Photo Date:  1/1/1939  Upload Date: 10/26/2022 2:25:04 PM
Location:  New York, NY
Author:  New York Central
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NYC 5344(4-6-4)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
NYC 4-6-4 5344
Title:  NYC 4-6-4 5344
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1939  Upload Date: 1/21/2024 5:09:22 PM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Charlotte Ziechmann
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NYC 5344(4-6-4)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
NYC 5344
Title:  NYC 5344
Description:  NYC 5344 sitting in the Collinwood scrap line looking like any other standard engine, with only its rakish disc drivers to give away its two spells in the spotlight. The famous "Commodore Vanderbilt" would be scrapped on Valentines Day of 1954. Exact photograph date unknown.
Photo Date:  2/1/1954  Upload Date: 10/26/2022 2:40:05 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Herbert Harwood
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NYC 5344(4-6-4)
Views:  256   Comments: 0


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