The Ski Trains

This is a "Ski Train" (as they were called) standing just short of the Moodna Viaduct. This is usually where the train unloaded, then ran into Newburgh to be turned and serviced. Engine 2753 is a K-4b Pacific (built by Badlwin in 1923 as a K-4a, rebuilt by Hornell in 1929 as a K-4b. These are not USRA Pacifics, they were the K-5's); note it has received a secondhand Berkshire tender. The date is March 10, 1940 and the photographer is Bob Collins.