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Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
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tive, 1938 Development of the original Hudson-type locomotivesbegan in 1926 when the New York Central System decidedit needed a new type of passenger locomotive to meet thedemands of high-speed, long-distance runs. The type wasnamed after the river along which it would run. In late 1937and in 1938, 50 Hudsons of an improved design, built by theAmerican Locomotive Co., were placed on the New YorkCentral. These locomotives, Nos. 5405 to 5454, had largerboilers than their predecessors, had greater tractive force,and were fitted with roller bearings. In addition, Nos. 5445to 5454 were streamlined. A nonoperable model (figure 79) in the Museum collec-tion (USNM 313162), gift of the New York Central Systemin 1947, represents No. 5429. The model locomotive andtender are 2 feet long and are accompanied by a train of sixstreamlined cars. The entire train is painted silver, withblack trimming on the locomotive and tender. Built to ascale of Va inch to the foot, it was especially made for the 99
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Figure 79. — Model of American Locomotive Co. Hudson-type locomotive, 1938. Museum, the builder being Edwin P. Alexander of Yardley,Pa. The original No. 5429, constructed in 1938, was stream-lined in 1941 in the West Albany shops of the New YorkCentral, and in December of that year was placed back inservice on the Empire State Express with an entirely newstreamlined train of specially designed stainless-steel cars.When the Empire State Express was ultimately dieselized in1945, No. 5429 was put to other uses, and the streamliningwas removed in 1950. As of October 1955 it was still inservice. In streamlined condition, as represented by the model, thelocomotive and tender together weighed 681,900 poundsand their length was a few inches over 97 feet. The diameterof the driving wheels was 79 inches, the bore and stroke ofthe cylinders were 22V2 and 29 inches, respectively, and thetotal tractive force was 53,960 pounds. A steam pressure of265 pounds per square inch was used. 6a/c/w/n-Wesf

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