MTH ELECTRIC TRAINS

Development of the celebrated New York Central 4-6-4 Hudsons catapulted the railroad's passenger service to a whole new level. With the engine's increased starting effort and boiler capacity, the Hudsons were able to pull more varnish at speed, increasing ridership and revenues. Over time, as the work loads increased, all the Hudsons received upgrades, including tenders with larger capacities. Larger tenders allowed the steamers to travel farther between refills and were especially useful on the long Harmon to Cleveland and Chicago route, during which the engines now had to make only one coaling stop at Wayneport, NY. As the J3 Hudsons were being equipped with new 14,000 gallon/30 ton PT-style tenders, also known as Centipede-type tenders, in the 1940s, their larger tenders were passed to the older J1s. Some lucky J1s even received the large capacity PT tenders themselves. You can only get the combination of a J1e locomotive and PT tender, so emblematic of NYC's expansive and forward-looking passenger service, from M.T.H. As always, we are committed to bringing you all the combinations that make your layout the most realistic-looking and -operating railroad it can be. Did You Know? A fully loaded PT tender outweighed the J1 locomotive itself by more than 50,000 pounds, which made it a heavy load in itself, but with fewer stops, the J1 did not have to restart the heavy load as often.