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The New York Central Railroad's famous Hudsons (4-6-4) received several stream-lined shrouds in the 1930s; one of the most successful was this one.

The Illinois Central dieselized its premier passenger trains early and painted them from engine to round-end observation a pleasing mixture of chocolate and orange striped in yellow, with the IC's green diamond logo front and rear. Here we see the Panama Limited waiting its time to leave for the thousand-mile overnight run to new Orleans.

The New York Central's primary station in Chicago was Lasalle, but because of agreements dating back to the mid-Nineteenth Century, trains on the Michigan Central and Big Four used the IC's lakefront station- named Central. The IC's electrified commuter trains run past Central and terminated at Randolph Street further north.

I don't know if one of these Hudsons ever ran out of Central... but what the heck. In imagination, they could have- and it might have looked like this.

(This painting was done to be sold at auction at a National Model Railroad Association convention. I partially financed my trips to them in this way.)

Description
The New York Central Railroad's famous Hudsons (4-6-4) received several stream-lined shrouds in the 1930s; one of the most successful was this one.

The Illinois Central dieselized its premier passenger trains early and painted them from engine to round-end observation a pleasing mixture of chocolate and orange striped in yellow, with the IC's green diamond logo front and rear. Here we see the Panama Limited waiting its time to leave for the thousand-mile overnight run to new Orleans.

The New York Central's primary station in Chicago was Lasalle, but because of agreements dating back to the mid-Nineteenth Century, trains on the Michigan Central and Big Four used the IC's lakefront station- named Central. The IC's electrified commuter trains run past Central and terminated at Randolph Street further north.

I don't know if one of these Hudsons ever ran out of Central... but what the heck. In imagination, they could have- and it might have looked like this.

(This painting was done to be sold at auction at a National Model Railroad Association convention. I partially financed my trips to them in this way.)