Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Steam Feature for April 2017

Featured Chesapeake & Ohio steam subjects for this April post are of the famous Allegheny at various locations in Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.  The history of the 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Type locomotive can be viewed at the enclosed link, courtesy of American-Rails.com.

• C&O #1605 – Toledo, OH – 8/5/50
• C&O #1624 – Hinton, WV – 8/5/56
• C&O #1631 – Columbus, OH – 7/7/48
• C&O #1632 – Richmond, VA – 8/1/46
• C&O #1639 – Hinton, WV – 8/2/46
• C&O #1653 – Russell, KY – 10/7/52
• C&O #1650 under construction – Lima, OH – 10/1/48
• C&O Allegheny under construction – Lima, OH – 11/48

C&O #1605 – Toledo, OH – 8/5/50 (Credit: Gary Everhart)

C&O #1624 – Hinton, WV – 8/5/56 (Credit: Steve Patterson)

C&O #1631 – Columbus, OH – 7/7/48 (Credit: Gary Everhart)

C&O #1632 – Richmond, VA – 8/1/46 (Credit: Gary Everhart)

C&O #1639 – Hinton, WV – 8/2/46 (Credit: Gary Everhart)

C&O #1653 – Russell, KY – 10/7/52 (Credit: Gary Everhart)

C&O #1650 under construction – Lima, OH – 10/1/48 (Credit: Gary Everhart)

C&O Allegheny under construction – Lima, OH – 11/48 (Credit: Gary Everhart)

All photos courtesy of Railroad Picture Archives.

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