The New York Central Niagara was a family of 27 steam locomotives of the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement, all built by the American Locomotive Company for the New York Central Railroad in 1945 and 1946. They came in three classes: the single S-1a, No. 6000, the S-1b locomotives numbered 6001 to 6025, and the S-2a, No. 5500, nicknamed the Super Niagara, which used Franklin poppet valves where the others had Baker valve gear. Designed under the railroad's motive power chief Paul Kiefer to sustain about 6,000 horsepower on the New York to Chicago main line, they had 79 inch driving wheels, roller bearings throughout and no steam dome, to fit the railroad's low clearances. Six of them took part in the 1946 steam versus diesel road trials. The whole class was retired and scrapped by mid 1956, and none was preserved.
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The New York Central Railroad's Niagara were three classes of 27 4-8-4 steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company for the New York Central Railroad.
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The New York Central Railroad's Niagara were three classes of 27 4-8-4 steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company for the New York Central Railroad.
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The first Niagara was Class S-1a No. 6000, delivered in March, 1945
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The New York Central Railroad's Niagara were three classes of 27 4-8-4 steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company for the New York Central Railroad.
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Upon dieselization, the entire series was retired and scrapped between late 1955 and July 1956
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This allowed a larger coal capacity (46 short tons (42 t))
The 1946 steam-versus-diesel trials, test output
On test these locomotives reached 6,600 hp (4,900 kW) in the cylinders
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The New York Central Railroad's Niagara were three classes of 27 4-8-4 steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company for the New York Central Railroad.
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The New York Central Railroad's Niagara were three classes of 27 4-8-4 steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company for the New York Central Railroad.
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The New York Central Railroad's Niagara were three classes of 27 4-8-4 steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company for the New York Central Railroad.
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