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.

Chesapeake & Ohio No. 490 is an L-1 class 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotive. It was originally built by Alco (American Locomotive Company) in 1926 as an F-19 class Pacific type. The locomotive was used for passenger service on …

The Chesapeake & Ohio L1 Hudsons are a class of 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives that were built between 1946-1947 for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Five rebuilt as L1 class Hudson (4-6-4) types at the C&O's Huntington, WV, workshops in 1946.

Starting in 1946, the Chesapeake & Ohio took five of its Class F-19 Pacific 4-6-2 locomotives and converted them into Class L-1 Hudsons. This rework was done in its Huntington Shops and was completed in 1947. All but one of the new L-1s were covered with a streamlined stainless steel cowl which was painted yellow and silver.

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.

In 1929. the NKP obtained four more Hudsons (designated Class L-1b with road numbers 174 through 177), this time from the Lima Locomotive Works. 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.

4-6-4 Hudson #171 and 2-8-4 Berkshire #757 west of Continental OH in 1956. 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 …

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Chesapeake & Ohio L1 Hudsons are 4-6-4 "Hudson" Type steam locomotives. Following WWII, the C&O was determined to revive falling passenger numbers and the four locomotives were designed to handle connecting services to the Chessie, a proposed new luxury service between Washington, DC, and Cincinnati, OH, to replace the George Washington.