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Pictures of CO 612
Owner:
Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:
Lima 4-8-4
Built As:
Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:
9304
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
Notes:
1948, J-3a class, $361,010.00 new
Other locos with this serial:
CO 612(4-8-4)
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Title:
C&O 4-8-4 #612 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:
Here stands one of the finest examples of a 4-8-4 ever built by Lima, delivered to the C&O in 1948. Railroad historian Eugene Huddleston noted the skepticism concerning this order (for the last 4-8-4's): "Simply amazing is the expenditure of so much money to produce a "state of the art" locomotive in the waning days of steam. It seems nothing was sacrificed to equip the new Greenbriers with the latest features and best appliances. Enthusiasm was still the word in 1947, as this writer well recalls from being told about the order for five more Greenbriers from Lima Locomotive Works by locomotive engineer Vince Hiltz." Specifics - J-3a class, 74" drivers, 255 psi boiler pressure, 27.5x30" cylinders, engine weight of 482,200 lb, tractive effort of 66,453 lb. Jim Scribbins photo
Photo Date:
2/6/1953
Upload Date:
8/24/2015 4:53:16 AM
Location:
Clifton Forge, VA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CO 612(4-8-4)
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