| Title: |
CO 4-8-0-4-8-4 #500 - "John Henry" |
| Description: |
Born from a desire to remain a coal using company, C&O collaborated with Baldwin to create three steam turbines for service on a proposed "Chessie Streamline" between Washington DC and Cincinnati. The locomotive was powered by a single Westinghouse turbine which drove four 1000 kilowatt DC generators who turned eight traction motors. This was the longest single-unit locomotive in the world at the time. Sadly, it was not the sucess it was supposed to be. The Chessie Streamliner was cancelled before it ran service and the 3 steam turbines were retired and scrapped in 1950. No exact date or location was given for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1947 Upload Date: 5/28/2021 6:30:51 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Locomotives: |
CO 500(John Henry) |
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