Not So Wordless Wednesday #3

Norfolk & Western Class J 602 preparing to leave with the Powhatan Arrow at Cincinnati Union Terminal

I just can't resist commenting on this photo. The more research I do on Cincinnati Union Terminal, the more excited I become to model operations there. The N&W J Class locomotives were used on their named trains such as the Powhatan Arrow, Pocohontas, and The Cavalier, all of which were Norfolk to Cincinnati trains although The Cavalier switched its terminus from Cincinnati to Portsmouth OH by 1957. Interesting to note is the N&W was very late to dieselize its passenger fleet and ran all steam up to that same year.

Now all I need to do is get my hands on an HO scale version of one of these beauties.

EDIT: The original caption when I first posted this photo read that the Powhatan Arrow pictured above had just arrived at the terminal. This is incorrect because in 1952 the westbound train arrived at the terminal at 10:45pm and would have been facing the other direction upon arrival. N&W approached and egressed from CUT from the north end (railroad east) of the terminal. In the photo we are facing south-southwest and the sun is obviously fairly low in the eastern sky (to the left) which is evident from the lighting and shadows. Although we don't know what year this photo was taken, in 1952 the Powhatan Arrow left CUT for Portsmouth OH at 8:20am, so it is safe to assume this shot was taken in the morning sometime around when the train would have been leaving the station.