Steam & Excursion > Southern 4501 - 06/16/1973

An unknown photographer caught Southern 4501 in Princeton, Indiana on June 16, 1973.
Bob

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Nice photo of an engine that I enjoyed riding behind many years ago on the Southern Railroad.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

Is this the engine Charles Bronson used in the movie "Hard Times"?  The movie was supposed to be during the Great Depression.  It showed a steam engine arriving into NOLA pulling the Southern Crescent.  If it wasn't the 4501, it must have been one similar to it.  



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ExStarlightHog Wrote:
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> Is this the engine Charles Bronson used in the
> movie "Hard Times"? 

Don't know as I haven't seen the movie.  Might try googling it!

4501 was painted black and lettered Baltimore and Ohio for the movie "Fools Parade" with Jimmy Stewart.  I think the shooting was done around Moundsville, WV. It came back to the southern in October after filming via the B&O to Cincinnati.  Saw it the next day Cincinnati-Williamstown, KY.  Looked great in black and pulling only 4 coaches.  Only chased to Williamstown since a friend and I had tickets for the first game of the 1970 World Series with Baltimore at Cincinnati!  4501 is painted black once again, and resides today at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.  I believe its operational.
Greg Scholl
Here is a preview of a video we shot with 4501 in 2017 on one of the trips to Sommerville, GA from Chattanooga.
https://www.gregschollvideo.com/steam-dvds.html#268

That's a cool shot!

I saw her the following day (June 17) at Central Station in Chicago, likely the final (non suburban) to arrive there.

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