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| THE NEW YORK CENTRAL WAS THE EBVY OF THE E=NTIRE TRAIN WORLD WITH ITS FAST, EFFICIENT, AND BEAUTIFUL HUDSON LOCOMOTIVES. THESE MAGNIFICENT MACHINES HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BEEN TOTALLY ANHILILATED AND SADLY EXIST ONLY AS TOYS- BUT ATR LEST WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO STILL HAVE THESE WONDERFUL RELICS OF A TIME PASSED LONG AGO. |
| 1946 WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF FLYER S PRODUCTION, AND THEY STARTED OFF WITH THIOS EXCELLENT MODEL HUDSON NUMBER 320. IT FEATURED THREE POSITION REVERSE,, ALL STEEL LOCO AND TENDER, SCALE DETAILING, GOOD FEEL AND WEIGHT, AND A GREAT AC MOTOR. AND OF COURSE, IT ALSO HAD GLOWING HEADLIGHT. |
| THE 321 HUDSPN IS THE SAMEAS 320/ WITH ZHOO-ZHOO ADDED- THIS ITEM IS VERY SCARCE. |
| THE 322 HAS SMOKE AND CHOO-CHOO- AND IS MUCH MORE COMMON THAN 320 OR 321. IT IS ALSO MUCH MOREIN DEMAND. |
| THE 322 WAS SWITCHED A TO A SMOKE IN BOILER LOCO IN 1948. |
| THE 322AC WAS INTRODUCED IN 1949 WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. |
| THE K325 (1952) USHERED IN THE AGE OF HUDSONS EQUIPPED WITH KNUCKLE COUPLERS. |
| THE 326 (1953) FEATURED PUL-MOR AND AIR CHIME WHISTLE. |
| THE 1956 326 WAS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A LARGE ARMATURE FOR MAXIMUM PULLING POWER. |
| THE 21129 HUDSON (1858) INTRODUCED THE TWO STEP REVERSE AND AIR-CHIME WHISTLE. |
| TE 21130 WAS THE SAME WITHOUT AIR CHIME WHISTLE. |
