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 …

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.

Commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road", the railroad served parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Its primary connections occurred in Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Toledo.

L-1a Class 4-6-4 Hudson NKP Semon/Dicken Collection (slide is stamped James Semon) Willis A. McCaleb Collection Bellevue OH

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.

NKP 4-6-4 Hudson #170 was built by Alco-Brooks in March of 1927. Specs - serial #67211, class L-1a, 73" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 25x26" cylinders, engine weight of 316,500 lb, …

Notice: This product is for TRS19 and TRS22 only. 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 ...

The Nickel Plate Archive is an activity of the Nickel Plate Historical and Technical SocietyPhoto: NKP L-1a Class 4-6-4 Hudson,

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🤔 ABOUT THIS VIDEO 👇 This is not a specific audio recording, but multiple recordings of and NKP L-1 class compiled together to try and accurately depict what one of these locomotive would...