4-6-4 Hudson S-4, Chicago Burlington & Quincy #3003

For my first Christmas with my dad, I decided to make him a thing he will always remember, as he grew up in Burlington Iowa and always remembered the local CB&Q display train. So I converted Revell's 1/87 Hudson Steam locomotive into the S-4 version of the Hudson. To create this iconic steam locomotive. Though I know it isn't perfect and its angled in the middle with the finished product, but it doesn't bother me. As my dad loved it and it was my first model train I built and I'm pretty proud of it.

History:
CB&Q #3003, was donated to the City of Burlington, IA, by the Chicago Burlington & Quincy in 1961. It is on display just north of the Amtrak depot and was refurbished and rededicated in 1991. The CB&Q was a comparatively early adopter of the Hudson type (4-6-4) locomotive, ordering a total of twelve from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA, in 1930 (#3000-#3011). Designated Class S-4, they were designed for fast passenger service and went into service pulling CB&Q "varnish" passenger services. The Burlington's S-4s eliminated the need to swap one locomotive for another on long trips, and they were also fast: one is credited with hauling ten standard passenger cars between Cochrane and La Crosse, WI, at a speed of 112 mph. The S-4 was one of the most successful steam locomotives operated by the CB&Q. #3002 was later streamlined to haul the railroad's stainless-steel Zephyrs. It was renumbered #4000, named Aeolus and earned the nickname "Big Alice the Goon" after a Popeye cartoon character. After its success, a second was built from scratch, #4001, designated Class S-4A.
#3003 weighs 391,880 lbs, 207,730 lbs on its 78" drivers. The tender weighs 326,050 lbs light and has a capacity of 24 tons of coal and 15,000 gallons of water. With a Type B stoker and an 87.9 sq ft grate, the locomotive's 131' ⅞" long, 96" wide firebox was fitted with 43 sq ft of arch tubes and had a 70 sq ft combustion chamber. An additional 1,830 sq ft of superheating brought the total heating surface to 6,077 sq ft. With Baker long-frame valve gear, 25" x 28" cylinders, 14" diameter piston valves, and operating at a boiler pressure of 250 psi, the S-4 delivered 47,676 lbs tractive effort.