• NYC 4-4-0 `Fargo'

  • General discussion about locomotives, rolling stock, and equipment
General discussion about locomotives, rolling stock, and equipment

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  by richard west
 
I have a 1988 stamp from Cuba based on an 1888 lithograph of a `Night scene on the New York Central Railroad', with a NYC 4-4-0 no, 884 (??) named `Fargo' hauling an American Express special express train'. Can anyone confirm the identity of this locomotive or give further information about it? Regards and thanks. Richard West
  by CarterB
 
If you can find a copy of "Steam Locomotives of the New York Central Lines, Volumes 1 and 2 by William D. Edson and H. L. Vail, Jr." It lists all historic locos including the 4-4-0's

The name "Fargo" seems to me to be more a NP name possibility that NYC...but who knows.