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CO 4-8-4 #614 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Interesting loco built by Lima in June of 1948. Massive, powerful and commanding to say the least and a loco with nine lives. The unit would continue long after the other Greenbriers (4-8-4's to the C&O) were retired. It was a test loco for the American Coal Enterprise as they tried developing a coal burning steam locomotive that could compete with diesel loco on a cost basis. It also served as the Chessie Safety Special. This photo by Arthur B. Johnson. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1952 Upload Date: 11/8/2018 5:07:45 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 614(4-8-4) |
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1268 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CO 4-8-4 #614 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Beautiful example of a late Lima built Northern type locomotive that the C&O chose a more Southern US name, "Greenbrier", after the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulfphur Springs, WV. Specifics - class J-3a, 74" drivers, 255 psi, 27.5x30" cylinders, engine weight of 482,200 lb, tractive effort of 66,453 lb. unknown photographer. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1980 Upload Date: 10/25/2015 6:57:32 AM |
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CO 614(4-8-4) |
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1100 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CO 4-8-4 #614 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
The face of one of the last steam locomotives built in the US. This 1948 Lima built Northern type (Greenbrier according to the C&O) was built for pulling fast passenger trains through the mountains, a job it did very well but for a short time. Specifics - class J-3a, 74" drivers, 255 psi, 27.5x30" cylinders, engine weight of 482,200 lb, tractive effort of 66,453 lb. unknown photographer |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1980 Upload Date: 10/25/2015 6:57:42 AM |
| Location: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CO 614(4-8-4) |
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743 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CO 4-8-4 #614 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
The loco with "nine lives" is serving as the head end power of the Chessie Safety Special as caught by an unidentified photographer. The loco, built by Lima in June of 1948 also served as a test loco for the Americal Coal Enterprise experiments in developing new coal burning technologies. Today it is a static display at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, VA, while awaiting restoration. |
| Photo Date: |
9/27/1980 Upload Date: 11/8/2018 5:26:18 AM |
| Location: |
Versailles, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 614(4-8-4) |
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561 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CO 4-8-4 #614T - American Coal Enterprise (ACE) Experiment |
| Description: |
Built by Lima in june of 1948 (serial #9306), this locomotive led a dual life serving the C&O in the mountainous West Virgina area until retirement in 1955, reborn as an excursion loco for the American Freedom Train and the Chessie Steam Special. But again it was reborn as an experimental locomotive for the American Coal Enterprise in 1985 with the new designation 614T. Here it spins on the Hinton, WV, turntable as it worked the coal fields in 1985 as part of its testing. No photographer listed. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1985 Upload Date: 1/26/2015 8:50:53 AM |
| Location: |
Hinton, WV |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CO 614(4-8-4) |
| Views: |
1089 Comments: 5 |
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