North American Production List
Twenty-one railroads in North America owned 4-6-4s. Many were similar in concept to the NYC Hudsons, with 79 to 80 inches (2,007 to 2,032 millimetres) driving wheels, but most were a little larger than the NYC locomotives, such as the F6 and F6a classes of the Milwaukee Road, the K-5-a class of the Canadian National, the Canadian Pacific locomotives, the S-4 class of the Burlington Route, the I-5 class of the New Haven and the 1151 class of the Lackawanna. There were also the lightweights, which include the L-1 class of the Nickel Plate Road, the class D of the Maine Central and the class NR-1 of the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (N de M). On these the extra axle was used to reduce the axle load in comparison to a 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive.
Because the 4-6-4 design was really only optimally suited to express passenger trains which were dieselised early, the Hudsons were early candidates for withdrawal and scrapping. None of the NYC locomotives survives and neither does any of the Milwaukee locomotives. Five Canadian Pacific Hudsons survive, including four Royal Hudsons and the non-streamlined Canadian Pacific 2816. Five of the Burlington Route locomotives survive, including the "Aeolus". Other surviving Hudson locomotives are two each of the Santa Fe and Canadian National, and single examples from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, N de M and Nickel Plate Road.
| Railroad | Qty | Class | Road numbers | Builder | Build years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT | 6 | K2 | 1540–1545 | Montreal | 1914 | Tank engines. Later CN 45–50, class X-10-a |
| NYC | 145 | J-1 | 5200–5344 | ALCO | 1927–1931 | |
| 50 | J-3a | 5405–5454 | ALCO | 1937–1938 | ||
| MC (NYC) | 10 | J-1b | 8200–8209 | ALCO | 1927 | Renumbered NYC 5345–5354 |
| 5 | J-1c | 8210–8214 | ALCO | 1929 | Renumbered NYC 5355–5359 | |
| 15 | J-1d | 8215–8229 | ALCO | 1930 | Renumbered NYC 5360–5374 | |
| ATSF | 10 | 3450 | 3450–3459 | Baldwin | 1927 | |
| 6 | 3460 | 3460–3465 | Baldwin | 1937 | One streamlined (No. 3460) | |
| NKP | 4 | L-1a | 170–173 | ALCO | 1927 | |
| 4 | L-1b | 174–177 | Lima | 1929 | ||
| B&A (NYC) | 5 | J-2a | 600–604 | ALCO | 1928 | Renumbered NYC 5455–5459 |
| 5 | J-2b | 605–609 | ALCO | 1930 | Renumbered NYC 5460–5464 | |
| 10 | J-2c | 610–619 | Lima | 1931 | Renumbered NYC 5465–5474 | |
| CCC&StL (NYC) | 20 | J-1d | 6600–6619 | ALCO | 1929 | Renumbered NYC 5375–5394 |
| 10 | J-1e | 6620–6629 | ALCO | 1931 | Renumbered NYC 5395–5404 | |
| CPR | 10 | H1a | 2800–2809 | Montreal | 1929 | |
| 10 | H1b | 2810–2819 | Montreal | 1930 | ||
| 30 | H1c | 2820–2849 | Montreal | 1937 | Streamlined | |
| 10 | H1d | 2850–2859 | Montreal | 1938 | Streamlined | |
| 5 | H1e | 2860–2864 | Montreal | 1940 | Streamlined, oil burner | |
| CN | 5 | K-5-a | 5700–5704 | Montreal | 1930 | |
| MILW | 14 | F6 | 6400–6413 | Baldwin | 1930 | Renumbered 125–138 |
| 8 | F6-a | 6414–6421 | Baldwin | 1931 | Renumbered 142–146, 139–141 | |
| 6 | F7 | 100–105 | ALCO | 1938 | Streamlined | |
| MEC | 2 | D | 701–702 | Baldwin | 1930 | |
| CBQ | 12 | S-4 | 3000–3011 | Baldwin | 1930 | 3002 rebuilt as class S-4A 4000 Æolus |
| 1 | S-4 | 3012 | CB&Q Burlington | 1935 | New | |
| 1 | S-4A | 4001 | CB&Q Burlington | 1938 | New, streamlined, named Æolus | |
| B&O | 1 | V-1 | 5047 | B&O Mt Clare | 1933 | Rebuilt from P-1 class |
| 1 | V-2 | 2 | B&O Mt Clare | 1935 | New; renumbered 5340 | |
| 1 | V-3 | 5350 | B&O Mt Clare | 1935 | New | |
| 1 | V-4 | 5360 | B&O Mt Clare | 1936 | New | |
| DL&W | 5 | 1151 | 1151–155 | ALCO | 1937 | |
| IC | 1 | – | 1 | IC | 1937 | Rebuilt from 2-8-4 No. 7038 |
| N de M | 10 | NR-1 | 2700–2709 | ALCO | 1937 | |
| NH | 10 | I-5 | 1400–1409 | Baldwin | 1937 | Semi-streamlined |
| SLSF | 10 | 1060 | 1060–1069 | SLSF | 1937–1941 | Rebuilt from 4-6-2s |
| CNW | 9 | E-4 | 4000–4008 | ALCO | 1938 | Streamlined |
| C&O | 8 | L-2 | 300–307 | Baldwin | 1941 | |
| 5 | L-1 | 490–494 | C&O | 1946–1947 | Rebuilt from 4-6-2; four streamlined | |
| 5 | L-2-A | 310–314 | Baldwin | 1948 | ||
| WAB | 7 | P-1 | 700–706 | WAB Decatur | 1943–1947 | Rebuilt from 2-8-2s |
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