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 Bellevue OH Nickel Plate Berkshire 765

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 …

The New York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate Road) took delivery of four Hudsons from the American Locomotive Company in 1927, just one month after the New York Central received number 5200. It designated them Class L-1a and gave them road numbers 170 through 173.

Built in 1927, the oldest surviving Hudson locomotive. Served on the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, better known as the Nickel Plate!

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]

Railroads that used 4-6-4 "Hudson" Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

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Brief Description: Nickel Plate L-1a/b Hudson type with eight locomotive variants, five tenders, nine passenger cars and three pre-made consists. The Story: On February 14th, 1927, a groundbreaking passenger locomotive, the first of many 4-6-4 Hudson type locomotives, departed the American Locomotive Company's (ALCo) Schenectady plant en route ...

The Nickel Plate Road Class L1 was a class of 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives built for the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (or better known as Nickel Plate Road). The Class L1 was divided into three subclasses, those being L1, L1-a and L1-b.

Built in 1927, the oldest surviving Hudson locomotive. Served on the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, better known as the Nickel Plate!