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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:1/1/1881 - 12/31/1985
Album Info:This is a consolidation of several separate Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive albums posted earlier. The photos are mostly original b&w scans, some with adjustments and refinements to bring out details. The photographer, date and location are identified when known. Approximate dates and locations have been given to those without the information.
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CO 4-8-4 #601 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-8-4 #601 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Fairly nice photo by Otto C. Perry of the Lima 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive although the C&O referred to them as "Greenbriers". The unit was delivered in December of 1935. Seen here a year after delivery, it still has its shiny boiler shell and clean white wall rims. The locos in the class were given patriotic names - this one was "Patrick Henry". The J-3 class was retired in 1953.
Photo Date:  6/1/1936  Upload Date: 11/8/2018 5:07:18 AM
Location:  Charlottesville, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 601(4-8-4)
Views:  556   Comments: 1
CO 4-6-0 #129 - Cheaspeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-0 #129 - Cheaspeake & Ohio
Description:  Built by the Rogers Locomotive Works of Paterson, NJ, in 1889, this 4-6-0 ten wheeler served the C&O for about 35 years before the class was scrapped in 1924. According to an early Railroad & Engineering Journal "noted that these were passenger Ten-wheelers intended for heavy grades. The "vestibule" train for which it was expressly designed had nine cars and was to be moved over the section at an average of 32 mph." Specs - F-9 class, 62" drivers, 170 psi boiler pressure, 20x24" cylinders, engine weight of 137,200 lb, tractive effort of 22,374 lb. No exact date other than circa 1900, no location and no photographer were given for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1900  Upload Date: 5/1/2016 9:31:46 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 129(4-6-0)
Views:  798   Comments: 1
CO 4-8-2 #549 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-8-2 #549 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  The Alco-Richmond factory shina and white walls still gleams in this photo. Built in 1923, it originally was numbered 139 but a year later renumbered to 540. No date, location or photographer was listed for the photo but it appears to be very early in its service, hence the arbitrary date set in 1924. The J-2 class was eventually retired in 1951-52.
Photo Date:  6/1/1924  Upload Date: 11/8/2018 6:16:01 AM
Location:  Unknown, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 549(4-8-2)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
C&O 2-10-4 #3035 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-10-4 #3035 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Nice looking 1930 Lima built Texas type 2-10-4 locomotive sitting in the Russell, KY, yard approximately a year after being delivered for heavy service between Russell, KY, and Toledo, OH. According to www.steamlocomotive. com "The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad designed a new Class of freight locomotive to satisfy its needs for motive power. They tested an Erie Berkshire then basically stretched the Erie design adding one set of drivers, creating a 2-10-4 that was both powerful and fast. The C&O ordered forty of it new design "Texas" type locomotives from the Lima Locomotive Works in 1930. These locomotives were designated as Class T-1 and were assigned road number 3000 through number 3039. They had 69" diameter drivers, 29" x 34" cylinders, a 265 psi boiler pressure, exerted 93,345 pounds of tractive effort and each weighed 566,000 pounds. The locomotives were equipped with a trailing truck booster that exerted 15,275 pounds of tractive effort. This basic design was used for most 2-10-4s constructed after 1930." R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:  10/1/1930  Upload Date: 8/27/2015 3:49:36 PM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 3035(2-10-4)
Views:  959   Comments: 2
CO 4-4-2 #275 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-4-2 #275 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Good looking Atlantic type steam locomotive and the first one in the class built in 1902 by the Alco-Schenectady works. Specifics - class A-16, 72" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x26" cylinders, engine weight of 173,000 lb,modest tractive effort of 27,073 lb, later superheated in the 1920's. R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:  5/1/1931  Upload Date: 8/23/2015 9:19:24 AM
Location:  Lexington, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CO 275(4-4-2)
Views:  1006   Comments: 0
C&O 4-8-2 #542 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 4-8-2 #542 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Here is an action shot of the Alco-Richmond "Mountain-type" locomotive delivered in March of 1917 ready to pull a freight from the Peru, IN, yard. Usually this class worked passenger service. The original number was 318 but renumbered in 1923. Specifics - class J-1, 62" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 29x28" cylinders, engine weight of 330,000 lb, tractive effort of 58,110 lb. The class was retired in 1952. R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:  7/1/1931  Upload Date: 8/23/2015 12:14:02 PM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CO 542(4-8-2)
Views:  1125   Comments: 0
CO 2-6-6-2 #1316 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-6-6-2 #1316 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  This 1911 Alco-Richmond built locomotive was caught by R.W. Legg as it sits with a head of steam and a load of coal, ready to drag some more coal cars. Specifics - H-2, 56" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x32" high pressure cylinders, 35x32" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 400,000 lb, tractive effort of 93,600 lb. All were scrapped by 1935. No exact day in October, 1931, was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  10/1/1931  Upload Date: 10/25/2015 10:50:38 AM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1316(2-6-6-2)
Views:  770   Comments: 0
CO 2-6-6-2 #1514 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-6-6-2 #1514 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Long before a GP15T carried the number "1514, this 1923 Alco built locomtive wore it. Specifics - class H-6, 56" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 22x32" high pressure cylinders, 35x32" double low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 449,000 lb, tractive effort of 70,773 lb. No exact day in October, 1931, was listed for this photo. It appears that R.W. Legg may have taken this photo with a Kodak Autographic camera.
Photo Date:  10/1/1931  Upload Date: 10/25/2015 10:50:55 AM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1514(2-6-6-2)
Views:  658   Comments: 0
C&O 2-8-2 #1231 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-2 #1231 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Somewhat cloudy photo of the 1924 Alco-Richmond "Mikado" sitting in the Russel, KY, yard. Specifics - K-3 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x32" cylinders, engine weight of 353,000 lb, tractive effort of 67,698 lb, scrapped in early 1950's. R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:  10/1/1931  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 6:53:35 AM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 1231(2-8-2)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
C&O 2-8-2 #2328 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-2 #2328 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Here is an original photo of the 1926 Alco-Richmond built "Mikado" powered up in the Russell, KY, yard. Specifics - K-3a class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x32" cylinders, engine weight of 353,000 lb, tractive effort of 67,698 lb, scrapped in early 1950's. R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:  10/1/1931  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 6:53:41 AM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 2328(2-8-2)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
C&O 2-8-8-2 #1544 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-8-2 #1544 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Interesting original photo of the Alco-Schenectady 2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake-type" locomotive delivered to the C&O in 1924. Known as "Simple Simons" or "Simons" (according to C&O Power) because they operated as simple-expansion articulateds, unlike the earlier compound Mallets. Specifics - H-7 class, 57" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 23x32" cylinders, engine weight of 567,500 lb, impressive tractive effort of 108,547 lb. R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:  10/1/1931  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 4:40:29 PM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1544(2-8-8-2)
Views:  870   Comments: 1
CO 4-4-2 #281 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-4-2 #281 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Built by Alco-Schenectady in 1903, this 4-4-2 "Atlantic type" locomotive was one of only 20 that were on the C&O roster but they did hold on for decades with thirteen of them remaining in use until 1949. This one is caught in my Hoosier state servicing Richmond, IN. Specs - class A-16, 73" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x26" cylinders, engine weight of 173,000 lb and tractive effort of 27,073. The class was rebuilt in 1920's with reduced boiler pressure but increased cylinder size. Net effect was the tractive effort remained largely the same. R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:  9/1/1932  Upload Date: 5/4/2016 4:35:37 AM
Location:  Richmond, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 281(4-4-2)
Views:  756   Comments: 0
CO 2-6-6-2 #1524 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-6-6-2 #1524 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Apparently posing for photographer Robert E. Wallich, the engineer is casually leaning out the window while waiting for orders. Specifics - H-5 class, 56" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 22x32" high pressure cylinders, 35x32" double low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 448,000 lb, tractive effort of 79,3363 lb.No date or location was given for this photo. Date & location are approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 10/25/2015 10:51:02 AM
Location:  unknown, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1524(2-6-6-2)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
CO 2-6-6-2 #1524 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-6-6-2 #1524 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Another view of 1919 Alco-Schenectady built locomotive sits in an unidentified yard. Specifics - H-5 class, 56" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 22x32" high pressure cylinders, 35x32" double low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 448,000 lb, tractive effort of 79,3363 lb.No date or location was given for this photo. Date & location are approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 10/25/2015 10:51:07 AM
Location:  unknown, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1524(2-6-6-2)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-2 #437 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #437 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Classic photo of a speeding 4-6-2 Pacific at the head of a long string of passenger cars crossing the James River trestle. A note on the back states "#437 (F-15) eastbound on "Sportsman" on James River Viaduct, Richmond, VA, 1935."
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 3/25/2019 1:57:57 PM
Location:  Richmond, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 437(4-6-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-2 #445 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #445 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Here is a fair quality older photo of the Alco-Richmond 4-6-2 Pacific built in March 1907. Specs - 72" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" cylinders, engine weight of 211,000 lb, tractive effort of 31,998 lb. No date, location or photographer listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 3/25/2019 1:58:09 PM
Location:  Unknown, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 445(4-6-2)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
CO 4-8-4 #600 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-8-4 #600 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Looking very much like a builder's photo, this beautifully detailed scale model is based on the actual Lima built 4-8-4, called a "Greenbrier" rather than the traditional "Northern-type" locomotive, which was delivered to the C&O in 1935. These were among the largest 4-8-4s built. #600 is name "The George Washington" for the passenger train these locos would head up. This particular loco was named the "Thomas Jefferson".
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 5/1/2016 9:07:12 AM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 600(4-8-4)
Views:  1124   Comments: 2
CO 4-4-2 #287 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-4-2 #287 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Great action shot of a 1902 Alco-Schenectady built 4-4-2 in action with its varnish in tow. Note on back states #287 westbound on train #13." This loco was one of only twenty 4-4-2 Atlantics on the C&O roster but they did hold on for decades with thirteen of them remaining in use until 1949. Specs - class A-16, 73" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x26" cylinders, engine weight of 173,000 lb and tractive effort of 27,073. The class was rebuilt in 1920's with reduced boiler pressure but increased cylinder size. Net effect was the tractive effort remained largely the same. Unknown photographer. Built as # 81, renumbered 275 in April 1925, renumbered again to 287 in December 1947, scrapped in April 1949.
Photo Date:  7/1/1935  Upload Date: 5/4/2016 4:35:52 AM
Location:  Charleston, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 287(4-4-2)
Views:  683   Comments: 1
CO 4-6-2 #450 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #450 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Good looking Alco-Richmond built 4-6-2 Pacific delivered in 1911 to the Chesapeake & Ohio (serial #49843). This was an F-15-1911 class Pacific. Specs - 72" drivers, 190 psi boiler pressure, 23x28" cylinders, engine weight of 221,000 lb, tractive effort of 33,224 lb. No photographer listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  7/1/1935  Upload Date: 3/25/2019 1:58:13 PM
Location:  Huntington, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 450(4-6-2)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
CO 2-6-6-2 #1498 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-6-6-2 #1498 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Nice example of a 1923 Alco built locomtive with a head of steam in the Clifton Forge, WV, yard. Specifics - class H-6, 56" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 22x32" high pressure cylinders, 35x32" double low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 449,000 lb, tractive effort of 70,773 lb. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  8/1/1935  Upload Date: 10/25/2015 10:50:52 AM
Location:  Clifton Forge, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1498(2-6-6-2)
Views:  939   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-2 #453 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #453 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  With a stream of smoke trailing after it, a fast moving 1911 Alco-Richmond 4-6-2 Pacific moves the varnish down the track at Richmond, VA. A note on the back of the photo states "#435 (F-15) Richmond, VA, on "Sportsman", Aug, 1935." No photographer listed for this photo unfortunately. They deserve the credit for a great shot!
Photo Date:  8/1/1935  Upload Date: 3/25/2019 1:58:17 PM
Location:  Richmond, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 453(4-6-2)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-2 #466 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #466 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  One of the few Baldwin 4-6-2 Pacific built for the Chesapeake & Ohio (serial #serial #40155, class F-16) No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1936  Upload Date: 3/25/2019 1:58:20 PM
Location:  Unknown, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 466(4-6-2)
Views:  342   Comments: 1
C&O 4-8-4 #603 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 4-8-4 #603 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Nice photo of the 1935 Lima built Northern-type locomotive that the C&O called "Greenbriers", their J-3 class. The first 5 were given names - this one being labeled "Edmund Randolf" after the distinguished statesman. According to www.Steamlocomotives.com " Known as Greenbriers on the C&O, these were among the largest 4-8-4s built. According to Drury (1993), the design was based on the earlier 2-10-4. All of the engines had the same power dimensions (cylinder volume, boiler pressure setting, and driver diameter) and 14" (356 mm) piston valves. All twelve had trailing-truck boosters to raise starting tractive effort. The first two orders used Worthington Type 5-S feed water heaters." Specifics - 74" drivers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 27x30" cylinders, engine weight of 477,000 lb, tractive effort of 66,453 lb. No exact date was given for this photo so an arbitrary one was used. An unknown photographer captured this moment.
Photo Date:  6/1/1936  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 4:53:09 AM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 603(4-8-4)
Views:  1699   Comments: 0
CO 2-10-4 #3000 - Cheaspeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-10-4 #3000 - Cheaspeake & Ohio
Description:  Here is a sharp looking 1930 Lima built 2-10-4 "Texas-type" locomotive that could handle the long drags of coal cars. Specs - T-1 class, 69" diameter drivers, 29" x 34" cylinders, a 265 psi boiler pressure, exerted 93,345 pounds of tractive effort and each weighed 566,000 pounds. The locomotives were equipped with a trailing truck booster that exerted 15,275 pounds of tractive effort. No exact date given for this photo so an approximate one was used.C.W. Jernstrom photo
Photo Date:  9/1/1936  Upload Date: 5/4/2016 4:09:24 AM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 3000(2-10-4)
Views:  1105   Comments: 0
CO 2-10-4 #3021 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-10-4 #3021 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Nice action shot of a 1930 Lima built 2-10-4 "Texas type" locomotive, a T-1 class member. Note on the back of the photo states "#3021 on 230 car coal train near Russell, KY, Sept. 1936." Definitely had the pulling power to handle the long drag of coal cars! Specs - 69" drivers, impressive 265 psi boiler pressure, 29x34" cylinders, engine weight of 566,000 lb, tractive effort of 95,106 lb. The class was scrapped in 1952-53. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  9/1/1936  Upload Date: 5/4/2016 4:09:29 AM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 3021(2-10-4)
Views:  789   Comments: 0
CO 4-8-2 #546 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-8-2 #546 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Note on back of the photo states "#546 eastbound on "Sportsman" lo. Charlottesville, Sept. 8, 1936. The loco was built by Alco-Brooks in 1918 as part of the J-2 class. Originally it was numbered 136 but renumbered in 1924. The class was retired between 1951-52. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/8/1936  Upload Date: 11/8/2018 6:10:21 AM
Location:  Charlottesville, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 546(4-8-2)
Views:  628   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-2 #434 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #434 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Here's a sharp photo of a 1902 Alco-Richmond Pacific type locomotive taken by an unknown photographer in Ashville, NC. Specifics - class F-15(1902), 72" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" drivers, engine weight of 190,000 lb, tractive effort of 31,998 lb.
Photo Date:  3/26/1937  Upload Date: 8/23/2015 9:38:47 AM
Location:  Ashville, NC
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CO 434(4-6-2)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
CO 2-6-6-2 #1275 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-6-6-2 #1275 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  With the steam ready, the fireman is looking expectantly down the tracks for a clear signal. These Alco built Mallet Mogul brutes supplied power to move trains in the C&O mountainous regions. This one is a class H-3. C.W. Burns is credited as the photographer.
Photo Date:  10/30/1937  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 5:56:51 AM
Location:  Toledo, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 1275(2-6-6-2)
Views:  1633   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-2 #442 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #442 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Good looking 4-6-2 Pacific built by Alco-Richmond in 1907. This loco was a member of the C&O F-15 class. No exact day in 1938 was specified. Bob Lorenz photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1938  Upload Date: 3/25/2019 1:58:02 PM
Location:  Richmond, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 442(4-6-2)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-2 #443 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #443 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Built by Alco-Richmond built in March 1907 for the Chesapeake & Ohio, this 4-6-2 Pacific was an F-15-1906 class member and one of the first of a prolific line. These had no superheaters, Stephenson link motion, and a classic late 19th-Century profile. Among the first "Pacifics" to be built in the US. No date or location was given for the photo. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1938  Upload Date: 3/25/2019 1:58:05 PM
Location:  Unknown, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 443(4-6-2)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
CO 4-8-2 #549 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-8-2 #549 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Caught in this Glenn Pfleohar photo, the 1923 Alco-Richmond 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotive stands in the Washington D.C. yard. Originally numbered 139, it was renumbered in 1924. The class was retired between 1951-52.
Photo Date:  6/12/1938  Upload Date: 11/8/2018 6:14:36 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 549(4-8-2)
Views:  578   Comments: 1
CO 2-10-2 #2956 - Cheaspeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-10-2 #2956 - Cheaspeake & Ohio
Description:  Here is a photo of a "boomer" locomotive that bounced from one railroad to another and caught here as C&O 2-10-2 #2956 in the Potomac Yards. Originally built for the Lehigh Valley in December of 1919 by Baldwin as LV #4066, it and its sisters were sold to the Hocking Valley in 1920. this loco became Hocking Valley #136. When Hociking Valley became part of the C&O, it was renumbered C&O #2956. After nearly 33 years of service to all, the loco was retired and scrapped in July of 1952. Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 29x32" cylinders, engine weight of 384,100 lb, tractive effort of 74,430 lb. Glenn Pfleghar photographer
Photo Date:  11/15/1938  Upload Date: 5/4/2016 3:30:45 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  745   Comments: 1
CO 2-8-0 #162 - Chesapeake & Ohio (Hocking Valley)
Title:  CO 2-8-0 #162 - Chesapeake & Ohio (Hocking Valley)
Description:  These Alco Consolidation type locomotives, class G-4, were originally built for the Hocking Valley line in 1910, the same year that C&O gained control of Hocking Valley. This is a Max Miller photo.
Photo Date:  5/30/1939  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 5:57:01 AM
Location:  Columbus Area, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 162(2-8-0)
Views:  2178   Comments: 0
C&O 2-8-2 #1192 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-2 #1192 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Here is another 1924 Alco-Richmond built "Mikado" sitting near the roundhouse in the Chicago, IL, yard. Alco-Richmond, 1924 Specifics - K-2 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 358,000 lb, tractive effort of 63467 lb, scrapped in the early 1950's. No exact date was given for this photo nor was a photographer listed but it appears similar to several taken in the area from the C.W. Jernstrom collection.
Photo Date:  6/1/1939  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 6:53:29 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 1192(2-8-2)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
C&O 2-8-8-2 #1555 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-8-2 #1555 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Although this appears to be an older contact reprint, it still shows the massive size of the 1924 Alco-Schenectady built "Chesapeake-type" 2-8-8-2 locomotive. Specifics - H-7 class, 57" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 23x32" cylinders, engine weight of 567,500 lb, impressive tractive effort of 108,547 lb. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo so arbitrary points were used.
Photo Date:  6/1/1939  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 4:40:35 PM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1555(2-8-8-2)
Views:  776   Comments: 0
C&O 2-8-2 #1160 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-2 #1160 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Built by Alco-Richmond in 1924, this fine example of a "Mikado" locomotive sits near the roundhouse in the Chicago yard in 1939. Specifics - K-2 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x30" cylinders, engine weight of 358,000 lb, tractive effort of 63467 lb, scrapped in the early 1950's. C.W. Jernstrom photo
Photo Date:  7/14/1939  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 6:53:27 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 1160(2-8-2)
Views:  836   Comments: 0
C&O 2-8-8-2 #1550 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-8-2 #1550 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Beautiful photo by Glenn Pfleghar of the massive 1924 Alco-Schenectady 2-8-8-2 Chesapeake- type locomotive in the Clifton Forge, VA, yard. Often called "Simons" by the C&O (short for "Simple Simon"), these locos operated as simple-expansion articulateds, unlike the earlier compound Mallets. Specifics - H-7 class, 57" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 23x32" cylinders, engine weight of 567,500 lb, impressive tractive effort of 108,547 lb. .
Photo Date:  1/15/1940  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 4:40:33 PM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1550(2-8-8-2)
Views:  1021   Comments: 2
CO 0-8-0 #106 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 0-8-0 #106 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  A hard working switcher with a head of steam is working this afternoon at one of the C&O yards. I beleive this was a 1925 locomotive. Lima built class C-15 Unfortunately, no information was on the back of the photo to identify the location, date or photographer so arbitrary ones were set.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 5:56:40 AM
Location:  Chesapeake, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 106(0-8-0)
Views:  1289   Comments: 0
CO 2-10-2 #2001 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-10-2 #2001 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Here is another 1918 Baldiwn 2-10-2 originally built for the Chicago & Eastern Illinoi sold to the C&O in 1945. Specs - C&EI class O-1, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 30x32" cylinders, engine weight of 377,300 lb, and tractive effort of 77.714 lb. No date or location given for this photo so approxiamte location and date were used. Unknown photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 5/4/2016 3:30:35 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  669   Comments: 0
C&O 2-8-2 #1192 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  C&O 2-8-2 #1192 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Built by Alco in 1924, this K-2 class Mikado had 63" drivers, produced 200 psi boiler pressure and generated 63,467 lbs of tractive effort. By 1952, it was scrapped to make room for the diesel generator. A mighty looking brute with a meancing face! Forrest Trittenbach photo, Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 11/17/2013 7:05:23 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1192(2-8-2)
Views:  784   Comments: 1
CO 2-8-2 #1216 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-8-2 #1216 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Nice 1924 Alco built Mikado sitting in front of an unidentified roundhouse. Specifics - K3 class, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x32" cylinders, engine weight of 353,000 lb, tractive effort of 67,698 lb. The class was scrapped in the early 1950's. No date or location was given for this older reprint so both are abritrary. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 10/25/2015 7:29:47 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1216(2-8-2)
Views:  602   Comments: 1
CO 2-8-8-2 #1558 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-8-8-2 #1558 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  One of the original 25 built by Alco in 1924, this H-7 class "Chesapeake" type locomotive was able to pull 9,500 ton trains over the 113 mile run from Russell, Kentucky to Columbus, Ohio in 5 hours according to www.steamlocomotive.com. This wheel type soon replaced teh 2-10-4 and the 2-6-6-6 Alleghenies in the territory. A real power monster! Unfortunately no location, date or photographer credit was listed for this photo. Looks like West Virginia or Kentucky from the background.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 5:57:28 AM
Location:  Chesapeake, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 1558(2-8-8-2)
Views:  1401   Comments: 2
C&O 4-4-2 #281 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  C&O 4-4-2 #281 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Built by Alco-Schenectady in 1902, this "Atlantic" type locomotive served the C&O well - some of the locos lasted into the 1950's. No date or location were given by Forrest Trinntenbach, photographer, so they are artibrarily set here.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 10/30/2013 10:08:29 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 281(4-4-2)
Views:  843   Comments: 0
C&O 4-4-2 #284 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  C&O 4-4-2 #284 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Here is another Forrest Trittenbach photo of an early C&O "Atlantic" type locomotive. Built by Alco Richmond in 1905, it was an A-16 class and rebuilt sometime in the 1920's. It had high-stepping 73" drivers and developed 200 psi boiler pressure.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 10/30/2013 10:08:32 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 284(4-4-2)
Views:  1298   Comments: 0
C&O 4-4-2 #285 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  C&O 4-4-2 #285 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Here is the 3rd 1906 Alco-Richmond "Atlantic" type locomotive in the album. Again it was a class A-16 with 73" drivers and 200 psi boiler pressure. This is a Forrest Trittenbach photo. No location or date were given so arbitrary ones were used for posting.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 10/30/2013 10:08:34 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 285(4-4-2)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
CO 4-4-2 #286 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-4-2 #286 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  This 1906 Alco built "Atlantic" type locomotive rolls through Peru, Indiana on this unspecified winter day. Not one of the better designs for the mountainous part of the C&O, it must have worked well in the flatlands of Indiana. Max Miller is credited with the photo. Thirteen of the 20 locos in the group remained in use unitl 1949 - tribute to their abilities. Always like posting photos from my home state!
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 5:57:34 AM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 286(4-4-2)
Views:  932   Comments: 0
COP 4-6-0 #89 - Chesapeake & Ohio (Hocking Valley)
Title:  COP 4-6-0 #89 - Chesapeake & Ohio (Hocking Valley)
Description:  Originally built by Alco-Brooks in 1912, this class F-13 was absorbed into the C&O in 1930 and survived until the late 1940's mostly in local passenger service. No information was given on the location, date or photographer who captured this moment in the loco's life.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 5:57:42 AM
Location:  Chesapeake, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 89(4-6-0)
Views:  1141   Comments: 0
C&O 4-6-2 #471 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  C&O 4-6-2 #471 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Built by Alco in 1914 as an F-17 class "Pacific", this locomotive had the distinction of carrying the name "George Washington" while heading up passenger service on the C&O. It originally had 69" drivers and developed 185 psi boiler pressure but after a rebuild in 1934, it was given 74" drivers and could develop a 200 psi boiler pressure. As the way with the rest of steam, it was scrapped by 1952. A Forrest Trittenbach photo. With the help of Mike Woodruff (see comment below), the location is the Icy City engine terminal. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 11/17/2013 7:06:08 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 471(4-6-2)
Views:  1182   Comments: 1
CO 4-6-2 #493 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #493 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  "All aboard!" With a blast of its whistle, this Alco-Richmond built Pacific type locomotive is ready to roll. This example of the F-19 class shines in the sunlight, evidence of a well maintained engine for passenger service. Unfortunately no information was given as to the location, date or photographer.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 5:57:49 AM
Location:  Chesapeake, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 493(4-6-2)
Views:  1018   Comments: 0
CO 4-8-2 #545 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-8-2 #545 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  This class J-2 "Mountain" type locomotive was built by Alco in 1918 and served the mountainous section of the C&O as best it could. Unfortunately, no information was included to indicate the location, date or photographer of this photo. Looks like a West Virginia setting.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 5:57:56 AM
Location:  Chesapeake, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 545(4-8-2)
Views:  1004   Comments: 0


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