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Clifton Forge, Va / Oct 2023 / RWH
#614
Chesapeake & Ohio #614
Chesapeake & Ohio #614
Clifton Forge, Va / Oct 2023 / RWH
Chesapeake & Ohio #614
to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
excursion service 1980-1990
to New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
to Virginia Museum of Transportation
to C&O Railway Heritage Center
to RJD America, LLC
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n its time under steam and in its varied uses, the Chesapeake & Ohio's 4-8-4 of 1948, No. 614, has the distinction of being one of the most-photographed steam locomotives of all time. There have been two stages to No. 614's life: first, in revenue service first as a passenger and then as a freight engine, and later as an excursion engine. In the latter capacity, from runs on the Chessie Safety Express and the autumn New River excursions through its appearance early in 1985 on Ross Rowland's ACE 3000 tests, to its Iron Horse Enterprises excursions in the late 1990s in New Jersey, this hardy Northern-type passenger locomotive (called the "Greenbrier" on C&O) proves, if anything, what a well-made locomotive it was originally.
Eugene L. Huddleston
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brochure clipping / collection
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Chesapeake and Ohio 614 is a class "J-3-A" 4-8-4 "Greenbrier" (Northern) type steam locomotive built in June 1948 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) as a member of the J-3-A class. As one of the last commercially built steam locomotives in the United States, the locomotive was built with the primary purpose of hauling long, heavy, high speed express passenger trains for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway such as the George Washington and the Fast Flying Virginian.
Retired from active service in the mid 1950s, No. 614 was preserved and placed on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Between 1979 and 1980, restoration work on the locomotive to operating condition took place and it was used for extensive mainline excursion service from the early 1980s until the late 1990s. Since 2011, No. 614 has been on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia. In November of 2024, the locomotive was sold to RJD America, who will be restoring it to operating condition.
Clifton Forge, Va / Oct 2023 / RWH
Clifton Forge, Va / Oct 2023 / RWH
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Wikipedia
from The Steam Locomotive Directory of North America by J. David Conrad / collection
Baltimore, Md / Aug 1994 / RWH
The [614] excursions are the only place in the free world where one can ride behind steam (with no diesels anywhere in the consist) at speeds up to 79 mph and be afforded open-air space to really soak in the sound and fury of this magnificent example of the steam locomotive builder’s art running at speed. If you love steam, this is as good as it gets.
Ross Roland
www.co614.com
Check out www.co614.com to see updates on the locomotive's restoration to service
#5828
Chesapeake & Ohio #5828
Chesapeake & Ohio #5828
Clifton Forge, Va / Nov 2024 / RWH
Chesapeake & Ohio #5828
1 of 180 built new for C&O
to Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society
to C&O Railway Heritage Center
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collection
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Roanoke, Va / Sep 1979 / John Hepp 
#7534
Chesapeake & Ohio #7534
Chesapeake & Ohio #7534
Clifton Forge, Va / Oct 2023 / RWH
Chesapeake & Ohio #7534
1 of 63 blt new for C&O
to Chessie System #7534
to CSX Transportation #8383 > #7534
to Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society
to C&O Railway Heritage Center
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Cab Crawl
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Chessie System #7534
Warwick, Oh / Aug 1987 / Robert Farkas
CSX Transportation #4617
Cumberland, Md / May 1995 / James Jackson
