Hudson Feever!!!!!!

Rolland, welcome to the club.

Pete

A man cannot have too many Hudsons.

Rolland, that is not a bad thing to collect.

One of our members just took another Hudson hit. I feel your pain, except I'm developing a Geep/4-axle problem. You have my sympathies as there's no apparent cure...for any of us.

Rolland, mine came in last week. It's my 3rd Hudson but my first with a PT tender. I plan on taking it out of the box for testing today. Please post a pic of your collection.

Always loved the Hudson. I have a beautiful C & O Berk but the Hudson is #1.

Who can resist the mighty Hudson???

You would have passed muster with the late Pat Neil, owner of Collectible Trains &Toys in Dallas.  One of the first questions he asked me as a first time visitor to gauge how deep I was into the hobby (or, perhaps, how deep my pockets were) was, "How many Hudsons do you own?"

Pat's story revisited:

http://www.dallasnews.com/obit...bucket-list-wish.ece

What, me worry?

My favorite New York Central Hudson.

Love that weathering job.  3rdrail J3?

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, it seemed like all you ever read about in train magazines and books was NYC and the Pennsy. I got so sick of either of them that only recently have I developed any appreciation for either (as coverage in the magazines has shifted to other places since then).

I was never that big a NYC fan, but I must admit I totally get the appeal of the Hudsons. I was sad to stop in Elkhart, ID on the Amtrak "Capitol Limited" and be able to catch a glimpse of one of the few remaining NYC steam locomotives, Mohawk 3001. I couldn't get off the train so a window view from about 200 yards was as good as it got. Would have loved to have been able to get off the train and look around.

I, too, would love to see a newly-made Hudson zooming along the 'water level route,' though that's extremely unlikely.

My layout wouldn't allow any NYC power at all, but I like seeing good scale models of the classic Hudsons...

I missed out on this engine.  Hoping to see one on the buy/sell board one of these days.

Gary, FYI I am restoring one right now. May be a while but I intend to sell or trade it.

But do you have the real one? all the others are copies.

Only 8? 

For what it's worth, I would still like a proper representation of the Lima-built ex-B&A J-2 class (they had 75" drivers instead of 79") after they were moved to the NYC proper, given 12-wheel tenders (from some J-1's and J-3's that had been changed to PT tenders) and also given the J-3-style sandboxes, replacing the square B&A sandboxes.

Nobody cares but me, but there it is. I'd buy it.

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Funny that the big square B&A sand dome looks very good on the B&A Berkshire, but just appears so jarring on a NYC/B&A Hudson.

Do tell Norton, what kind or restoration is required?  Mechanical, cosmetic, or electronic?

Dave_C and I would love to see a correct B&A Hudson.  Short tender with the square sand dome.

Well, You can call it a Fever, but, It can become an Addiction...The great part of all of this is, it's a tangible Object we Love to Look At....Love this Hudson's!!!

If you were an P51 pilot, your an old original guy.

I own three Hudsons;  None NYC.  I have an MTH F-7, streamlined Milwaukee Road Hudson, an MTH E-4 streamlined C&NW Hudson and a Weaver F-6a standard Milwaukee Road Hudson.  Any of the three of them could pull the couplers out of any NYC Hudson!  They were bigger, faster and more powerful than what you guys were stuck with in the Eastern part of the U.S.!  And all three were pretty engines.

Paul Fischer

There is no cure......I've often looked....now, I just give up!  

Peter

He wasn't, and he isn't. He rode in the rear seat of a modified P51, back in 1996. Thus his avatar is about 18 or 19 years old now.

My father-in-law flew P-51's during the war out of their base in southern Italy. One day they had a stand-down for 3 or 4 days so they "borrowed", i.e. stole, a B-24, found a sort of sober pilot and flew to Cairo and then Tel-aviv for a few days of R and R.

I would love to check out in one, but everybody I know seems to wind up dying in a P-51. I have heard that if you are careful with the power, they are easier to fly than a T-6.  Guess I will never know . . . the Stearman will have to do for now.

Here is a K-Line I did - 2-railed, motor in firebox, round boiler belly.

In my previous post, I forgot to mention I have three Hudsons in my stable -- ATSF 3463, ATSF 3460 (Blue Goose with scale wheels) and a CNW E4. Been thinking about getting the wheels "cut" on ATSF 3463 and the E4, but I don't want to yank and re-install the electronics...at least for now.

I like Hudsons, but I like Studebakers even more.

Yeah, it was taken in 96. I have a similar recent photo of me sitting in the cockpit of a B-17 in original WW2 flight gear, I should probably replace it. With the helmet in place covering most of my head, people who know me today are surprised the photo is that old as I don't look any different now for the most part, in the face, from that angle, which is why I still use the shot.

I have, however, stick time in several various WW2 planes from back when I still lived in Florida. T-6s really aren't that tough to wrangle, I've found, if you can find someone willing to hand over the controls of one to you.

Hot Water, That locomotive is beautiful! Great weathering job as well.

Just received this email.  The NYCSHS has a new book called Know Thy Hudson.  Looks like a must have for us Hudson nuts. 

http://nycshs.org/

Thanks for the tip Gary.

Well, I feel very inadequate now after reading this post.

I only have the 18005, and I don't think it has ever been run.

I must take my hat off to those who have the room to store multiple versions of those beauties.  I think they all look impressive, including the 700E version.

I do agree with P51 that they are all real good copies/models of the real one.

I would have no interest in owning the "real" one.

I am very satisfied with my VL 700E Hudson.

I love my 3rd Rail CB&Q #3007 Hudson.  

The following CB&Q prototype Hudsons are on display at

#3007 - Illinois Railway Museum

#3003 - Galesburg RR Museum & Amtrak Station (IL)

#3006 - Burlington IA CB&Q / Amtrak Station

#300? - Ottumwa IA CB&Q / Amtrak Station

#4000 - LaCrosse WI Park (this is the un-shrouded Aeolus streamlined Hudson)

My understanding is that 5 Canadian Pacific Hudsons have also survived.   

I have their rendition of #4000 and would probably be tempted by the shrouded Aeolus if one came along.  By far, it's my favorite runner

All the same, I'm not confined to CB&Q when it comes to Hudsons

C&O Yellow Belly

NYC Commodore Vanderbuilt

PWC 773

plus a couple of PW nondescript 4-6-4's

Now that you mention it, I have more 4-6-4's than any other wheel arrangement.

Bruce

That is one engine that the USA needs to rebuild from scratch, the NYC J1e Hudson.  If the Brits can do it, so can we.  Problem is we can never seem to get enough folks on the same page to accomplish such a feat.  Hudsons are near the top of my list of engines I love, only eclipised by anything the PRR ran, espicaly K4 Pacifics and M1a Mountains.  If I had a time machine, a trip back to see the K4 on the Broadway and the Hudson on the 20th Century race each other would be top of my list!   

Please tell me that you don't mean you wouldn't want a real, original, 1:1 scale steam powered Hudson! Man, who wouldn't want one?

Imagine having one squirrelled away in a shed somewhere. You'd be a God among train fans!