Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Once making up 61% of American 4-6-4 locomotives, the New York Central Hudsons were the most iconic steam locos in the USA. From their early days of hauling 21 carriages over the NYC subsidiaries, to the stunning Dreyfuss streamlining that made them the very model of a modern Art Deco piece.

SOURCES AND CREDIT

Photo of Nord 4-6-4 3.1102 By Hugh Llewelyn - 3.1102Uploaded by Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24390082

All other images used, unless stated otherwise, are in the Public Domain.

Website sources:

american-rails.com/4-6-4.html

steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-6-4&railroad=nyc#185

Literary sources:

'The Great Book Of Trains' by Brian Hollingsworth & Arthur Cook, published by Salamander Books Ltd

'New York Central Streamlined Locomotives' by Karl F. Cantola nycshs.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/pages-from-1981q3.pdf

Video/Film sources:

Trains Unlimited - The New York Central

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