#605 in Circleville, Ohio (NW Mailing List)

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Matt,

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.

John Garner



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?).

Matt Goodman
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