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J-3A 4-8-4 Greenbrier Type Passenger Locomotive 610-614
Following World War II C&O ordered a large number of new steam locomotives, its management being convinced that the diesels, which were being purchased by most other lines, were not for it. Among these orders was one for five new 4-8-4 “Greenbrier” type locomotives for use on heavy passenger trains over the mountainous section of the mainline between Charlottesville, Virginia and Hinton, West Virginia. These engines arrived in 1948 and were used until the arrival of the new E8 EMD passenger diesels only three years later in late 1951. After a short stint in freight service they were stored, but some were revived in 1955 when an upsurge of business overwhelmed the ascendant diesels. No. 614 was retained after this as a part of C&O’s “collection of steam locomotives,” and was stored at Russell yard until it was removed in about 1970 and taken to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. Subsequently, in 1979, it was traded to Ross Rowland who used it on the Chessie Safety Express, and later as a test for a “new” steam locomotive (“614-T”) in 1985. No. 614 was later used in some excursion work in the Northeast and has been stored for several years. The balance of the J-3A class was
scrapped in the mid-1950s.
These were very modern locomotives that presented the “Super Power” image that had become a C&O standard, especially for locomotives built by Lima Locomotive Works.
This album features builder photos of the class at he Lima, Ohio plant.
18 pgs.
J-3A 4-8-4 Greenbrier Type Passenger Locomotive 610-614
Following World War II C&O ordered a large number of new steam locomotives, its management being convinced that the diesels, which were being purchased by most other lines, were not for it. Among these orders was one for five new 4-8-4 “Greenbrier” type locomotives for use on heavy passenger trains over the mountainous section of the mainline between Charlottesville, Virginia and Hinton, West Virginia. These engines arrived in 1948 and were used until the arrival of the new E8 EMD passenger diesels only three years later in late 1951. After a short stint in freight service they were stored, but some were revived in 1955 when an upsurge of business overwhelmed the ascendant diesels. No. 614 was retained after this as a part of C&O’s “collection of steam locomotives,” and was stored at Russell yard until it was removed in about 1970 and taken to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. Subsequently, in 1979, it was traded to Ross Rowland who used it on the Chessie Safety Express, and later as a test for a “new” steam locomotive (“614-T”) in 1985. No. 614 was later used in some excursion work in the Northeast and has been stored for several years. The balance of the J-3A class was
scrapped in the mid-1950s.
These were very modern locomotives that presented the “Super Power” image that had become a C&O standard, especially for locomotives built by Lima Locomotive Works.
This album features builder photos of the class at he Lima, Ohio plant.
18 pgs.
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