4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotives

4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotives

“One of those new Hudsons”: Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo bought 18-year-old J-1e 4-6-4 Hudson 501 and sister 502 from the Central in 1948. Frank Clodfeler collection   While growing up in Cleveland and Buffalo after World War II, a close encounter with a 4-6-4 Hudson-type locomotive was just a train ride away. My first memory was as a four-year-old. My family had taken the New York Central to Chicago, and as we walked forward at La Salle Street S…