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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) |
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595 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Trio of C&O 2-6-6-6 |
| Description: |
What a "family" photo of massive 2-6-6-6 Allegheny type steam locomotive built by the Lima Company in the early 1940's. Only two fo the 60 built are preserved - CO #1601 & 1604. The rest were scrapped in the 1950's. No date or location was given for this photo taken by C. W. Joernstrom. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1942 Upload Date: 7/14/2025 9:14:53 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1616(2-6-6-6) CO 1607(2-6-6-6) CO 1605(2-6-6-6) |
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78 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1605 - Cheaspeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Lima, 12/1941, This is an example of one of the most powerful steam locomotives ever built. Lima Locomotive Works delivered this in December of 1941 but sadly it was pulled from service during the 1950's when diesel took over and scrapped. Specs - serail #7825, H-8 class, 67" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 22.5 x 33" cylinders, engine wt of 724,500 lb, impressive tractive effort of 220,200 lb. C.W. Jernstrom photo credit |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1950 Upload Date: 7/14/2025 9:14:52 AM |
| Location: |
Toledo, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 1605(2-6-6-6) |
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84 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: |
700 Comments: 1 |
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