Despite the overwhelming success of the Hudson or 4-6-4 type in passenger service, in 1940 the New York Central System still rostered some 380 Pacifics, of which almost half belonged to one of the 16 subclasses of class K3. Here, No. 4863, a member of class K3k, poses in the yards of the Cincinnati Union Terminal in this 1936 shot by photographer R. Payne. No. 4863 was outshopped by Alco in 1917 as No. 6463 of NYC subsidiary CCC&StL (the "Big Four"). This high-stepping class had 79-inch drivers and sustained 200 pounds per square inch of boiler pressure. With 23½x26-inch cylinders, they developed 30,900 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 276,000 pounds. Many K3s were eventually upgraded with the one-piece cast trailing truck, but No. 4863 is shown here with the older type of rivet-fabricated truck.