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The New York Central Hudson was a popular 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), Baldwin Locomotive Works [1] and the Lima Locomotive Works in three series from 1927 to 1938 for the New York Central Railroad.
The Class C61 was the first Japanese locomotive with the 4-6-4 Hudson wheel arrangement. [25] In 1948 and 1949, 49 Class C62 locomotives were built with new 4-6-4 frames and using the boilers of Class D52 2-8-2 Mikado locomotives. These were the largest and fastest steam passenger locomotives to run in Japan. [25]
Chesapeake and Ohio No. 490 is the sole survivor of the L-1 class 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives.It was built by ALCO's Richmond works in 1926 as an F-19 class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type to be used to pull the Chesapeake and Ohio's secondary passenger trains.
The New York Central Railroad's 4-6-4s themselves began with J-1a 5200, built in 1927. However, 5315 was a member of the J-1e subclass built in 1931 for the railroad. It was also the first in the J-1e subclass to be produced. Until larger locomotives came along in the 1940s, J-1e 5315 along with the rest of the NYC Hudsons were the largest ...
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999 is a 4-4-0 “American” type steam locomotive built for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1893, which was intended to haul the road's Empire State Express train service. It was built for high speed and is alleged to be the first steam locomotive in the world to travel over 100 ...
No. 2816 was one of ten H1b-class (Nos. 2810-2819) (the "H" meant the 4-6-4 wheel configuration, the "1" was the design number and the "b" meant it was the second production run) 4-6-4 Hudson-types built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in December 1930, at a cost of $116,555 each.
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999: Steam 4-4-0: 1893 built Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois Set world speed record of 112.5 miles per hour (181.1 km/h), claimed to be first over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). IN-01 Milwaukee Road 1416 steam locomotive 0-6-0: 1908
The Milwaukee Road classes F6 and F6-a comprised twenty-two steam locomotives of the 4-6-4 configuration, commonly nicknamed “Hudson” but known as “Baltic” on the Milwaukee Road. The fourteen class F6 locomotives were not delivered from their builder, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until 1929–1930. In 1931 ...