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CO 2-6-6-6 #16XX under construction |
| Description: |
Beautiful photo of the Lima Locomotive Works shop floor with two 2-6-6-6 Allegheny locos under construction. Note on back states "under constr @ Lima Loco Wks, 11/1948." C.W. Jernstrom photo credit. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1948 Upload Date: 3/6/2016 9:01:59 AM |
| Location: |
Lima, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 16XX(2-6-6-6) |
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1157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1603 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Massive Lima built articulated locomotive so suited for long coal train drags. According to www.Steamlocomotive.com "It should also be noted that the Alleghenies were some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever built. At 40 MPH they could generate 7,500 HP. This power was only exceeded by the PRR Q-2 Class (7,987HP). By contrast the UP Big Boy could generate a maximum of 6,200 drawbar HP." Specifics - H-8 class, 67" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x33" cylinders, engine weight of 771,300 lb, massive tractive effort of 110,211 lb, scrapped between 1952-56. Arthur B. Johnson photo |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/1948 Upload Date: 10/25/2015 6:25:30 AM |
| Location: |
Russell, KY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1603(2-6-6-6) |
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921 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1604 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Beautiful and massive Chesapeake & Ohio was an outdoor display back in 1987 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. It now resides at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD. An unknown photographer captured the moment in 1987. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:08:27 AM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1604(2-6-6-6) |
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354 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1604 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Here is another view of the massive C&O loco that was on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation back in June of 1987. Now it is part of the Baltimore & Ohio Museum in Baltimore, MD. An unknown photographer captured the moment. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:08:41 AM |
| Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1604(2-6-6-6) |
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323 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C&O 1604 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR "Allegheny" 2-6-6-6 |
| Description: |
A photo does not dd it justice in terms of size. Use the height of the two men to the side for a rough comparison. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2012 Upload Date: 10/29/2012 9:56:17 PM |
| Location: |
Baltimore B&O Museum, MD |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1604(2-6-6-6) |
| Views: |
1081 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1605 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Nice original Lima Locomotive Works builder's photo of the massive and powerful but sleek 2-6-6-6 Allegheny type steam locomotive built in December of 1941 for the Chesapeake & Ohio RR. H-8 class, 67" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x33" cylinders, engine weight of 771,300 lb, massive tractive effort of 110,211 lb. The class was scrapped between 1952-56. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1941 Upload Date: 2/18/2019 4:41:50 PM |
| Location: |
Lima, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1605(2-6-6-6) |
| Views: |
395 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1605 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Another massive articulated 1941 Lima built locomotive that the Chesapeake & Ohio called the Allegheny class. Specifics - H-8 class, 67" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x33" cylinders, engine weight of 771,300 lb, massive tractive effort of 110,211 lb, scrapped between 1952-56. Jim Scribbins photo |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1953 Upload Date: 10/25/2015 6:25:40 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, WV |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1605(2-6-6-6) |
| Views: |
485 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1606 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
The ground must have shook when this monster rolled past even at slow speeds! Wish I could have heard its huffing and puffing in the West Virginia hills! Specifics - H-8 class, 67" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x33" cylinders, engine weight of 771,300 lb, massive tractive effort of 110,211 lb, scrapped between 1952-56. Arthur B. Johnson photo |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/1953 Upload Date: 10/25/2015 6:25:46 AM |
| Location: |
Russell, KY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1606(2-6-6-6) |
| Views: |
462 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1625 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
In the O. Winston Link style, this photo shows the massive face of the Lima built 2-6-6-6 Allegheny type locomotive delivered to the C&O in July of 1944. According to www.steamlocomtitve.com "H-8s could operate 11,500-ton coal trains at speeds up to 45 mph (72.5 km/h). Probably the heaviest twelve-axle locomotives ever built, with certainly the highest axle load ever put on rails. Average axle load was 84,650 lb (38,397 kg) and the first driving axle bore 86,700 lb (39,327 kg)." Specs - H-8-1600 class, 67" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x33" cylinders,beefy engine weight of 771,300 lb, impressive tractive effort of 110,211 lb. No date or location give for this photo. P.C. Studios photo credit |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1949 Upload Date: 5/1/2016 8:52:59 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, WV |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1625(2-6-6-6) |
| Views: |
369 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1626 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Another view of a massive Chesapeake & Ohio Allegheny built by Lima in 1944. Unfortunately, a diesel sits behind it weighting for the steam era to disappear! Specifics - H-8-1944 class, 67" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x33" cylinders, engine weight of 751,830 lb, massive tractive effort of 110,211 lb, scrapped between 1952-56. Jim Scribbins photo |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1953 Upload Date: 10/25/2015 6:25:52 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, WV |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1626(2-6-6-6) |
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565 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1633 |
| Description: |
Great builder's photo of the 1941 class of Allegheny locomotives built by Lima. Note on the back states "Rdy for dely @ Lima, 1944". C.W. Jernstrom photo credit |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1944 Upload Date: 3/6/2016 9:01:52 AM |
| Location: |
Lima, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1633(2-6-6-6) |
| Views: |
711 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1650 under construction |
| Description: |
Beautiful photo of the Lima Locomotive Works shop floor with CO 1650 in the foreground under construction. C.W. Jernstrom photo credit. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1948 Upload Date: 3/6/2016 9:01:56 AM |
| Location: |
Lima, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1650(2-6-6-6) |
| Views: |
678 Comments: 0 |
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