The New York Central Hudson, formally the J-class, is a type of 4-6-4 steam locomotive introduced in 1927 to haul the railroad's premier express passenger trains, including the 20th Century Limited. Its wheel arrangement name, Hudson, commemorated the Hudson River that the railroad's water level route followed, and streamlined J-3a examples became icons of late 1930s American passenger rail travel.
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SignificanceThe first 4-6-4 type steam locomotive built in North America, famous for hauling prestigious passenger trains including the 20th Century Limited. 1 Manufacturer or BuilderAmerican Locomotive Company (ALCO) and Lima Locomotive Works 1 FAQs
Does any New York Central Hudson survive today?
No complete locomotive survives; only the tender of number 5313 is preserved.
No complete Hudson locomotive survives. With the onset of diesel locomotives, all Hudsons were retired and subsequently scrapped by 1957. The one exception is the tender from J-1d number 5313, which is preserved at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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1. Wikipedia: New York Central Hudson
WikipediaHistory section, opening
275 of them were built in three different classes between 1927 and 1938 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and the Lima Locomotive Works (LLW).
Design and Construction section
NYC ordered prototype No. 5200 from Alco and subjected it to intensive testing around 1927.
In Group: American Main-Line Steam Locomotives, Lead sentence
The New York Central Hudson was a popular 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotive built for the New York Central Railroad (NYC).
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