#605 in Circleville, Ohio (NW Mailing List)

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Thanks for those additional spotting features (steps and builder’s plate location), John!  I bookended the date as 1942-1950 based on the build date and rolled pilot wheel application, which conveniently fit the memory of Mr Boylan.

I’ve since reached out to Mr Boylan to see if I can (at the very least) get his father’s name for attribution purposes. He posted this photo to Facebook in 2017, so hopefully he’s still around and checks his Messenger messages.

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio, US 

> On Oct 14, 2023, at 5:05 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Matt,
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> Thanks for sharing that photo of 605 at Circleville. I would speculate that the date of this photo is nearer to 1944 when the J1's were shopped to become J's. The platform steps on the pilot, a builders plate on the side of the smokebox, and spoked pilot wheels all indicate a date shortly after streamlining. Informative shot.
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> John Garner
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> The photo was shared by a man named John Boylan (for credit purposes), who stated his father took it "around 1950". Photos of passenger trains in Circleville (and the Columbus District more generally) are rare, so I was tickled when I found it. The photo was taken about the same time as passenger service was halved on the Columbus District (and probably the Division as a whole?).
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> Matt Goodman<N&W 605 Circleville OH late 1940's - note pilot platform steps & builder plate.jpg>________________________________________
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