New York Central No. 5313 was a J-1d class 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotive built in February 1930 by Alco for the New York Central railroad.
It was first used on the New York Central railroad to carry passengers from New York to Chicago for much of it’s career.
No. 5313 was later sold to the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway in 1948 and was renumbered #502. It was still used on passenger service, but this time carrying passengers from Smithville to Port Maitland via Dunnville.
The locomotive ran until 1954, when it was retired by the TH&B and later scrapped. But, the tender of the locomotive still exists. It's at the Steamtown National Historic Site collection as New York Central X5313. It is the largest extant single piece of a New York Central Hudson.
Trivia[]
- The reason that the tender from #5313 still exists it's because the tender was reused as an Auxiliary water tender for the Rotary Snowplows, then later, it was used as a generator car.
- This is one of 2 locomotives that was sold to the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway. The other one is #5311.