L-1a Class 4-6-4 Hudson NKP Semon/Dicken Collection (slide is stamped James Semon) Willis A. McCaleb Collection S-2 Class 2-8-4 Berkshire Continental OH 4-6-4 Hudson #171 in Bellevue OH in June 1967 NKP Thomas J. G. Gascoigne Collection L-1b Class 4-6-4 Hudson Bellevue OH

Nickel Plate Road (NKP) No. 170 is a Class L1a type of 4-6-4 "Hudson" steam locomotive. It was built in 1927 by the American Locomotive Company for the Nickel Plate Road. This special Hudson was used to haul heavy passenger trains on the Nickel Plate Road as …

These eight locomotives were the pride of the NKP's passenger service and saw 16 years of handling main line passenger trains between Buffalo, NY and Chicago, IL until displaced by diesels in the 1950s.

The new 4-6-4 locomotive had a slightly larger boiler evaporative heating surface, 24 sq. ft. more of firebox and 14 sq. ft. more of grate area. This new design could produce much more steam per square foot of heating surface and needed a much larger superheater to maintain the same steam temperature as the K-5's.

NKP 4-6-4 #170, Nickel Plate (New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR Description: One of the 4 Alco-Brooks Hudsons built for the Nickel Plate in March of 1927, it was classified as an L-1a with 73" drivers and delivering a boiler pressure of 214 psi. In October of 1957, it was donated to Nat'l Railroad Museum in St Louis, MO - only surviving one.

1 天前 · NKP 4-6-4 whistles The Nickel Plate Road owned eight 4-6-4 Hudson-type steam locomotives, 4 constructed by Alco Brooks in 1927, and an additional 4 constructed by Lima Locomotive Works during 1929. As delivered, the whistles used on the Alco locos were brass, Nathan, six-chime step-top models.

L-1a Class 4-6-4 Hudson NKP Photo S-2 Class 2-8-4 Berkshire Nickel Plate Berkshire 765 Bellevue OH. 4-6-4 Hudson #170 in Bellevue OH in 1956. L-1a Class 4-6-4 Hudson NKP Photo Bellevue OH. 4-6-4 Hudson #171 and 2-8-4 Berkshire #757 west of Continental OH in 1956.

One of the 4 Alco-Brooks Hudsons built for the Nickel Plate in March of 1927, it was classified as an L-1a with 73" drivers and delivering a boiler pressure of 214 psi. In October of 1957, it was donated to Nat'l Railroad Museum in St Louis, MO - only surviving one.

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. In France where the type was first used, it is known as the Baltic while it became known as the Hudson in most of North America. [1]

L-1a Class 4-6-4 Hudson NKP Semon/Dicken Collection (slide is stamped James Semon) Willis A. McCaleb Collection S-2 Class 2-8-4 Berkshire Continental OH. 4-6-4 Hudson #171 in Chicago IL on April 20 1956. L-1a Class 4-6-4 Hudson NKP Thomas J. …