Harold S. Ludlow - Sounds Of Steam Locomotives Volume IV: The Great New York Central: Hudson, Mohawk And Niagara flac album

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Sounds of Steam Locomotives, No. 4: The Great New York Central - Hudson, Mohawk, Niagara 1958. The Commodore Vanderbilt: Local Trains.

The New York Central Railroad's Niagara was a steam locomotive named after the Niagara River and Falls. It had a wheel arrangement of 4-8-4 in the Whyte notation and is considered as one of the most efficient 4-8-4 locomotives ever built. This was another failed experiment in high pressure steam locomotives.

The New York Central Hudsons were a series of 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company and the Lima Locomotive Works from 1927 to 1938 for the New York Central Railroad. Named after the Hudson River, the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement came to be known as the "Hudson" type in the United States as these locomotives were the first examples built and used in North America

Recorded and annotated by Harold S. Ludlow in 1958. The album intersperses the Steam Locomotive sounds with spoken explanation by Ludlow of what each sound is. He opens the album stating that: This recording has been prepared to preserve the sounds of that great fleet of New York central trains when steam was king of the rails. Liner notes include brief recording information, train details and photos. Year of Recording 1958. Record Label Folkways Records. Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

The new locomotives for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. This is the streamliner NYC Hudson. It makes you nostalgic for the old days of traveling. New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway streamlined locomotive, Susquehanna Transfer. Norfolk & Western Railway’s streamliner locomotive. Steam-driven, it was purposed as a back up for the diesel locomotives of the Denver and Twin Cities Zephyr trains. This is the Chicago and Eastern Illinois streamliner Dixie Flagler. The Hudson model developed because the New York Central was in dire need of a stronger and more powerful steamliner, one which could more efficiently move the ever-growing number of travelers from the east to the west. Devising the Hudson was no mistake by any means and the company added almost 300 in its inventory.

This web site is a collection of New York Central System locomotive photos. Initially, many of the steam photos belonged to my father, the Rev. Dr. Richard D. Leonard, while some were taken by me in the 1950s. The Diesel Collection consists of photos my brother and I took in the 1950s. Note: In the specifications for steam locomotives, cylinder dimensions are stated as diameter times stroke (. applied to boiler pressure designates pounds per square inch. NYC 817 Class Fx 4-6-0.

The First Hudson, New York Central No. 5200. On January 1, 1926, when Paul Kiefer took over as Chief Mechanical Engineer of Motive Power and Rolling Stock of the New York Central System, the NYC was the nations largest railroad. At that time, its passenger business had grown to a point that many of its main line trains had to be operated in sections because the Class K-5 Pacifics assigned to passenger service could only haul a maximum of 12 cars. 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. The total weight was about 41,000 lbs more, and with no increase of weight over the drivers. Locomotives in Profile, Volume One by Brian Reed (Doubleday). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of North American Locomotives by Brian Hollingsworth (Smithmark Publications).

New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson streamlined steam locomotive. 1024 x 430 jpeg 240kB. New York Central J-3a 4-6-4 at Chicago Illinois, Art. 1200 x 824 jpeg 101kB. Art Contrarian: Early American Streamlined Locomotives, Part 2. 750 x 350 jpeg 58kB. New York Central J1e class 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive. 1024 x 693 jpeg 495kB. New York Central ALCO J-3A class 4-6-4 Hudson steam. 500 x 370 jpeg 109kB. The first Dreyfuss Hudson Classic Trains Magazine. Boston & Albany, New York Central 4-6-4 "Hudson.