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 York 

 Central, and in December of that year was placed back in 

 service on the Empire State Express with an entirely new 

 streamlined train of specially designed stainless-steel cars. 

 When the Empire State Express was ultimately dieselized in 

 1945, No. 5429 was put to other uses, and the streamlining 

 was removed in 1950. As of October 1955 it was still in 

 service. 



In streamlined condition, as represented by the model, the 

 locomotive and tender together weighed 681,900 pounds 

 and their length was a few inches over 97 feet. The diameter 

 of the driving wheels was 79 inches, the bore and stroke of 

 the cylinders were 22V2 and 29 inches, respectively, and the 

 total tractive force was 53,960 pounds. A steam pressure of 

 265 pounds per square inch was used. 



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A radical departure from the usual design for a coal-burn- 

 ing steam locomotive, and the first of its type built in this 

 country, was the noncondensing geared steam-turbine loco- 

 motive built jointly by The Baldwin Locomotive Works and 

 the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. Con- 

 structed in 1944 at Baldwin's Eddystone plant (Westing- 



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