Nickel Plate Road No. 174 was a class L-1b 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotive. It was built by Lima in 1929 for the Nickel Plate Road.
It was used for passenger and freight service on the Nickel Plate Road.
It was retired in the 1950s upon dieselization of the Nickel Plate Road and was later sold for scrap. It's tender still survives as of the present day it is own by the Age of Steam Roundhouse painted Red, White, and Blue and lettered "Buy War Bonds".
Trivia[]
- A rail fan by the name of Robert Leffingwell captured No. 174 on a transparency at Englewood Station, Chicago, in the mid-1950s with a passenger train — probably not one of the Nickel Plate's scheduled trains but a railfan special, judging by the lack of head-end equipment.
Gallery[]

Nickel Plate Road 174's tender (left)