Canadian National number 5701 is one of five 4-6-4s owned by CN. These engines had 80" drivers and roller bearings on all axles. The locomotives were typiccaly assigned to fast Montreal-Toronto express trains operated jointly with the CP.

New York, Chicago, and St. Louis (The Nickel Plate) engine 173 is on display at the Buffalo, New York Centennial (Transportation). Used on trains between Chicago and Buffalo, it has 25" x 26" cylinders, 73" drivers, 210 lbs. psi boiler pressuer, weighs 524,600 lbs. with tender and exerts 39,700 lbs. tractive effort.

New York Central's number 5309 heads up the "North Shore Limited" (Lake Shore Section) entering Buffalo, New York. ALCO built this locomotive and equipped it with an Elesco feed water heater.

Oil burning Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe 4-6-4 number 3457 at Denver, Colorado. Baldwitn built this locomotive in 1927. It has two large sand domes and a high capacity tender, along with an Elesco feed water heater.

The largest Baldwin-built 4-6-4 was designed for passenger service only. Chicago, Burlinton, & Quincy number 3007 was built in 1930. Specifications include 25" x 28" cylinders, 78" drivers, 250 lbs. psi boiler pressure, 131.875 sq. in. firebox grate area, and a 96" wheelbase. The engine and tender combine to 717,800 lbs., and the locomotive can produce a tractive effort of 47,700 lbs. with the booster.

New York, Chicago, and St. Louis engine 175 is leaving Englewood Station, Chicago, with the "Nickel Plate Limited" in tow. Brooks built this locomotive and equipped it with a mechanical stoker and a Coffin feed water heater.

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific (The Milwaukee Road) engine 6401, a large 4-6-4, is seen at the company's Chicago roundhouse at Chicago Avenue and Grand Avenues in Chicago. Specs include 26" x 28" cylinders, 79" drivers, 225 lbs. psi boiler pressure, and a 120.125" x 96" grate area. In working order, the total weight of the engine is 375,850 lbs. The overall weel base of engine and tender is 81' 7.5". Tractive effort is 45,820 lbs. Baldwin built this engine in 1930.

Equipped with a Coffin feed water heater, Boston & Albany number 602 is keeping a crack passenger flyer on the advertised. ALCO built this locomotive.

A fast passenger flyer on the Milwaukee Road (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific) is leaving Chicago headed for Milwaukee pulled by engine 6410, whose sister engine made the run between these two points, a distance of 85 miles, in 67 minutes on July 22, 1934, setting an all-time record for steam locomotives. At one point the engine attained a speed of 103 miles per hour. These engines now (1935) are used in mile-a-minute service and some of the road's trains make the 85 mile run in 80 minutes. This engine is equipped with a Coffin feed water heater.