4-8-4 4508 by Frisco.org Posted on August 6, 2015 4-8-4 4508 4-8-4 4508 at Southeastern Junction, St. Louis, Missouri in 1943 (William K. Barham). This entry was posted in DW Collection, Steam and tagged 4-8-4, 4508, Baldwin Locomotive Works. Bookmark the permalink.
What are these things running up to the tracks in the foreground?
They appear to be to be interlocking rods from the tower just behind the boxcars to the River Division-St. Louis Sub diverging in the lower right of the photo.
4508 is a 4-8-4 instead of a 4-8-2.