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CO 4-8-4 #612 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Nice example of a Lima built 4-8-4 "Greenbrier" (C&O's term for a Northern) #612. The loco only lasted into the early 1950's before being scrapped. Specs - serial #9304, class J3a, 74" drivers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 27.5x30" cylinders, engine wt of 482,200 lb and tractive effort with a booster of 78,850 lb. This is a C.W. Jernstrom photo. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/1948 Upload Date: 7/20/2025 11:54:49 AM |
| Location: |
Charlottesville, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 612(4-8-4) |
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C&O 4-8-4 #612 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR |
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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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1271 Comments: 2 |
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